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Relationships are health

Schedule people like you schedule training.

SWe reviewed 148 studies with 308,849 people between them.Friendship and the people around you

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In a review of 148 studies (308,849 people), stronger social relationships went with about 50% higher odds of survival, comparable to well-known risk factors. Loneliness was even more predictive under 65. Schedule people like training.

How sure we are

S Evidence: strong. Large trials or many studies, pointing the same way.

Sources

Holt-Lunstad et al. 2010 and 2015 (observational).

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