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===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">Loneliness increases premature death rates by 26%</span>=== | ===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">Loneliness increases premature death rates by 26%</span>=== | ||
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Two recent meta-analyses have been performed assessing the effect of loneliness on premature death. | |||
The most recent was from 2015 and involved 70 studies representing more than 3.4 million individuals primarily from North America but also from Europe, Asia and Australia. This study found that loneliness increased the risk of premature death by 26 percent. Social isolation increased the risk by 29%. Living alone increased the risk by 32%. | |||
They found these effects were equal to or exceeded the effect of other well-accepted risk factors such as obesity. | |||
Another meta-analysis from 2010 involved 148 studies, representing 308,849 participants, finding that greater social connection is associated with a 50% increased likelihood of survival for participants with stronger social relationships. This finding remained consistent across age, sex, initial health status, cause of death, and follow-up period. | |||
It seems clear that loneliness is a very deadly phenomenon, and when people are not able to build deep, meaningful, and lasting social connections, their physical health suffers as a result. | |||
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<span style="font-size:125%>'''References:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%>'''References:'''</span> | ||
* https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1745691614568352 | * https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1745691614568352 | ||
* https:// | * https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000316 | ||
* https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2017/08/lonely-die | |||
https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2017/08/lonely-die | |||
===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">Sex improves health in numerous ways</span>=== | ===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">Sex improves health in numerous ways</span>=== | ||