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Tinster4 posted:
CTV.ca News Staff
Date: Wednesday Jul. 28, 2010 11:41 AM ET

Having great friends, a strong marriage and children who love you may be just as important to living a long life as something like quitting smoking, a new study finds.

Researchers from Brigham Young University have found that people who have lots of close relationships have better odds of living a long life than those who are lonely.

The study, which appears in the July issue of PLoS Medicine, found that strong social connections improve our odds of survival by 50 per cent. In fact, the protective effect of strong social relationships exceeds the influence of other early-death risk factors, such as:
  • not exercising
  • obesity
Low social interaction, on the other hand, is equivalent to:
  • smoking 15 cigarettes a day
  • being an alcoholic
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0 Replies |Report This| Share this:COPD and Positive Mental OutlookCTV.ca News Staff<br />Date: Wednesday Jul. 28, 2010 11:41 AM ET<br /> <br /> Having great friends, a strong marriage and children who love you may be just as important to living a long life as something like quitting smoking, a new study finds. <br /> <br />Researchers from Brigham Young University have found that people who have lots of close relationships have better odds of living a long life than those who are lonely. <br /> <br />The study, which appears in the July issue of <i>PLoS Medicine</i>, found that strong social connections improve our odds of survival by 50 per cent. In fact, the protective effect of strong social relationships exceeds the influence of other early-death risk factors, such as: <br /> <ul><li>not exercising </li><li>obesity </li></ul>Low social interaction, on the other hand, is equivalent to: <br /> <ul><li>smoking 15 cigarettes a day </li><li>being an alcoholic </li></ul>
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