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Chronic loneliness may cost nearly six years of good health

Original: Loneliness may steal nearly 6 years of good health. Chronic loneliness increases mortality risk by 45%. The study found

New research suggests chronic loneliness can shorten healthy life by nearly six years, with lonely people facing a 45% higher risk of early death. Notably, the study found that even people who exercised and maintained otherwise healthy habits still showed a marked decline in health, indicating loneliness harms wellbeing independently of lifestyle.

Why now: The striking scale of the health impact and the finding that healthy habits do not offset loneliness make the research newly relevant to public debate.

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• Loneliness may steal nearly 6 years of good health. Chronic loneliness increases mortality risk by 45%. The study found that lonely people with healthy habits still experienced a marked decrease in health. # Science # Technology · cypherreport · 2

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