March 13, 2016
WE WON'T MISS JOBS AT ALL:
Retirement good for health, says study (AFP/Relaxnews, March 13, 2016)The University of Sydney has published this week results of a study that concludes retirement really is good for your health.
University researchers followed a large sample of 25,000 Australian seniors, measuring levels of physical activity, diet, sedentary behaviour, alcohol use and sleep patterns.
Published this week in the Journal of Preventative Medicine, the results revealed that once retired, seniors increased their physical activity by 93 minutes a week, decreased sedentary time by 67 minutes per day, enjoyed 11 minutes more sleep per day, and 50% of female smokers stopped smoking.
Posted by Orrin Judd at March 13, 2016 12:59 AM