Tag: mortality risk
I walk at least 75 percent of the time lately to get where I need to go. Not just for the exercise (though Harley Pasternak says it’s a key step to staying in shape), but also to save $ and because I have very little patience for the unreliable transit system here in Toronto. (You may have read the occasional rant-y tweet from me about streetcar breakdowns…).
And a new study from the World Health Organization has figured out that short stints on foot rather than by car or motorbike would avoid the death of 108 men and 79 women a year in Catalonia, Spain, alone.
Walking FTW.
June 29, 2012
That pal at the office you go to grab coffee with every morning? Or that one you know you can confide in when your boss drives you batty? They often feel like lifesavers, especially when things are insane at the office, and it turns out they may be helping increase your lifespan.
According to a study from Tel Aviv University, the social support you get from coworkers at work is linked to reduced risk of death over a 20-year period. Buddies with the boss? This relationship showed no similar benefits to your health.
Image: OfficePod.
May 12, 2011
Scientific proof that shopping helps you live longer. For serious.
A study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health found that shopping every day was linked to a 23 percent lower mortality risk for women. The researchers believe it’s not the possessions one accumulates living as a Material Girl that lead to a longer life, but rather the social aspect of shopping along with physical health boost, too, of getting out of the house and to the mall, for example.
April 8, 2011
