No Need to Near, Which is Important Many Friends Could Be Key Longevity

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The key to a long life there are many in his method, ranging from exercise up to eating certain foods. But a new study adds that the key to a long life is not only raced on the quality of friendship relations with a group of people but also the number of friends who owned.

In particular, this study revealed that elderly people who have regular communication with family, friends or his neighbor can live longer than their peers who rarely interact with family, friends or his neighbor. 

Even a good interaction with the shopkeeper, or social workers which they encountered when shopping or a walk in the park can also give a positive impact on health. "Social interaction really should be done by the elderly to maintain connections or relationships with other people, such as with family, friends, relatives and neighbors," said Andrew Steptoe, professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London. 

The conclusion was obtained after the research team observed social interaction conducted by 6,500 people aged above 50 years. Participants were also asked about whether they felt lonely or not. 7,5 Years later, recorded there were 918 participants who died, majority because of health problems such as coronary heart disease, cancer and the respiratory tract diseases.

From there, researchers know the risk of death in participants who were most socially isolated increased by more than a quarter compared with participants who regularly interact with the people around him. Interestingly, although the elderly often feel lonely because of loss of a spouse or live far away with her ​​children, in fact, loneliness this does not affecting the mortality rate. It means having people who can invited talk about health conditions or just to remind them to take medication and check-ups character crucial for the elderly.

"Moreover, feeling of solitude it was nothing more than the subjective experience of the participants, such as the existence of isolated or just have a little friends. Not mean people who feel lonely are also isolated from his social environment. Indeed number of people who independent, and would rather spend time with himself own, more can be categorized as people who an isolated, "explained Professor Steptoe.

In other words, Professor Steptoe said this study emphasizes that social connections are key to long-term health, not just friendship quality but only a social contact is fundamental.

This study has been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

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