As part of a new study, scientists examined data from nearly 400,000 people from the British Biobank. These people did not have heart disease at the start of the study. In total, volunteers were followed from March 2006 to November 2021.
During this period, all-cause mortality among obese people was 36% lower in those who felt less lonely and socially isolated. The risk of premature death decreased by 9 percent in those who did not experience obesity and loneliness.
The results of the study were published Jan. 22 in the journal JAMA Network Open.
Another study found that people who felt socially isolated were 32% more likely to die earlier than those who did not feel socially isolated.
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