Social Networks as Important as Diet And Exercise

A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reveals that the more social ties people have at an early age, the better their health is at the beginnings and ends of their lives. The study is the first to definitively link social relationships with concrete measures of physical wellbeing such as abdominal obesity, inflammation, and high blood pressure, all of which can lead to long-term health problems, including heart disease, stroke and cancer. "Based on these findings, ...