Couples More Likely To Get Healthy If They Do It Together
Sunday, January 25, 2015 - 00:50
in Psychology & Sociology
People are more successful in taking up healthy habits if their partner makes positive changes too, according to research* published in JAMA Internal Medicine today (Monday). Scientists at UCL funded by Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation, and the National Institute on Aging looked at how likely people were to quit smoking, start being active, or lose weight in relation to what their partner did.** They found that people were more successful in swapping bad habits for good ones if their partner made a change as well. read more