Try This Are you socially fit?
Apr 2, 2024
Bob Waldinger, Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, discusses the importance of friendships for our health. He gives practical advice on assessing and improving relationships. Learn how to maintain social connections for optimal social fitness.
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Relationships Predict Longevity
- The strongest predictor of long-term health and longevity was relationship quality, not cholesterol or blood pressure.
- Social connection correlates with lower mortality across ages and demographics.
How Isolation Harms The Body
- Poor social connections keep people in a low-level stress state with higher cortisol and inflammation.
- Chronic stress from isolation accelerates diseases like coronary artery disease and type 2 diabetes.
Start A Social Fitness Routine
- Treat social fitness like physical exercise and start assessing your social health now.
- You can build stronger relationships at any age by doing regular social 'reps.'