Family and friends play a vital role in predicting our survival and they can even improve our chances of living by fifty per cent, claims a new study.
Brigham Young University professors Julianne Holt-Lunstad and Timothy Smith report that low social interactions are as bad as - smoking 15 cigarettes a day, being an alcoholic, or twice as harmful as obesity.
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The researchers conducted the study by analysing previous data that measured frequency of human interaction.
"The data simply show whether they were integrated in a social network," Holt-Lunstad said.
"When someone is connected to a group and feels responsibility for other people, that sense of purpose and meaning translates to taking better care of themselves and taking fewer risks," Holt-Lunstad added.
The researchers added that the results applied not only to older adults but were true across all age groups.
The study is published the journal PLoS Medicine.
Source: ANI
"When someone is connected to a group and feels responsibility for other people, that sense of purpose and meaning translates to taking better care of themselves and taking fewer risks," Holt-Lunstad added.
The researchers added that the results applied not only to older adults but were true across all age groups.
The study is published the journal PLoS Medicine.
Source: ANI
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