Health and Illness Behaviors

Health Behaviors

• 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

• Emotional & Physical Pain Are Almost The Same To Your Brain (Forbes)
  

• 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)