Track and field superstar Allyson Felix , who recently became the most decorated athlete in the sport, has partnered with health benefits company Anthem to spread awareness about its new health study, What's Driving Our Health , that examines how Americans think about health and the social drivers affecting certain communities. Social drivers of health or SDoH are identified as "conditions in the places where people live, learn, work, and play that affect a wide range of health and quality-of-life risks and outcomes." Understanding that looking and even feeling healthy could lead to false perceptions about health issues, Felix, who suffered preeclampsia giving birth to her daughter, told Blavity that being the spokesperson for this study is important to her. "I think I had almost taken my health for granted," Felix told Blavity. "I went through my own personal experience -- I'm an athlete, I'm healthy, this is a part of my lifestyle -- and then I had severe complications...
