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According to a new study, loneliness and lack of social connection can be more dangerous than smoking 15 cigarettes a day and worse than obesity. In the research she conducted, she found out that lacking social connections might have a worse impact on longevity and health than obesity or smoking do. Holt-Lunstad considers that social connections must be treated as a public health matter, so actions can be taken to help society. On the other hand, not having a relevant social connection can be works than smoking 15 cigarettes every day. Sadly, the lack of social connection is a growing threat to society.

Local clinic hosts obesity awareness 5K run and health fair

One local clinic hosted a health fair and 5k race Saturday morning. Greater Meridian Health Clinic partnered with the city of Meridian to sponsor a fight against obesity. This is part of a statewide effort to drastically reduce the obesity rate in the state by the year 2065. City officials sought this as a perfect opportunity to help promote the importance of health awareness to residents around the area. We recently were chosen as one of the healthy hometowns by blue cross blue shield.


Holt-Lunstad's research shows loneliness could pose an even greater threat to public health than obesity, and other research has found it even rivals the risks of smoking. "Indeed, many nations around the world now suggest we are facing a 'loneliness epidemic,'" Holt-Lunstad said in a statement. It found a 50% reduction in the risk of early death among people with greater social interaction. The second analysis included data on 3.4 million people from 70 studies and looked at the role social isolation, loneliness, and living alone had on mortality. Any one of those risk factors puts people at a greater risk for disease and life-threatening injury.


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