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Spending time alone in nature is good for your mental and emotional health (The Conversation)
- Amazing Benefits of Holding Hands (Pure Wow)
- The five habits that can add more than a decade to your life (The Guardian)
- The science behind why you shouldn't stop giving thanks after Thanksgiving (Washington Post)
- The best reason for reading? Book lovers live longer, scientists say (Washington Post)
Behavioral Economics & Health
- Will taxing sugary soft drinks, alcohol and tobacco help the poor? (New Atlas)
- Don’t Nudge Me: The Limits of Behavioral Economics in Medicine (The New York Times)
- Answer to Better Health Care: Behavioral Economics? (The New York Times)
Social Stress
- Stress Can Age Your Brain (World Economic Forum)
- Stress Might Have an Effect on Your Vision (Inverse)
- 2017 Most and Least Stress States (WalletHub)
- Perfectionism Is Increasing, and That’s Not Good News (Harvard Business Review)
- Why stress can make you younger (Daily Mail)
- Stress May Be Just As Bad For Your Body As Junk Food (Study Finds)
- Stress changes the structure of your brain — but it can recover (Business Insider)
Sleep & Health
- Irregular bedtimes could be damaging children's health and development. Here's how (World Economic Forum)
- Sleep deprivation stops brain cells firing properly, changing how we see the world (The Telegraph)
- Why Am I So Tired? 10 Facts About Sleep And How To Feel Better Physically (International Business Times)
Technology & Health
- Secondhand screen time may be just as dangerous as secondhand smoking (Fast Company)
- 'Global epidemic of blindness' on the horizon, experts warn: Hours spent staring at screens 'will rob millions of their sight decades early' (Daily Mail)
Diet & Health
- One Big Fat Truth (Discover Magazine)
- American toddlers are eating more sugar than is recommended even for adults (World Economic Forum)
- Only one in 10 Americans eat enough fruits and vegetables, CDC study finds (The Guardian)
- Sugar and Salt Content Shrivels as Consumers Get Wise on Health (Bloomberg)
Tobacco Use
- America's new tobacco crisis: The rich stopped smoking, the poor didn't (The Washington Post)
- Just one cigarette raises heart disease risk (NBC News)
Sedentary Lifestyles and Exercise
- A Majority of The World’s Teens Aren't Getting Enough Physical Activity (Time)
- These charts reveal America's complicated relationship with exercise (Popular Science)
- Sitting for Long Periods of Time Can Lead to Heart Problems and Worse (Inc.)
Fitness & Health
- Even a Little Exercise Might Make Us Happier (The New York Times)
- Get up at least once every 30 minutes. Failure to do so may shorten your life, study finds (Los Angeles Times)
- Is Your Country Lazy or What? "Activity Inequality" May Be The Best Measure (Science Alert)
- Maybe that workout can wait till the weekend? (CNN)
- Teens are getting as little exercise as 60-year-olds, study says. Blame schools. (Star Telegram)