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| Subject: Retail therapy: Shopping 'may improve health' Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:29 pm | |
| Shopping prolongs life, at least for the over 65s in Taiwan, according to research.
Even after adjusting for factors like physical and mental infirmity, men and women who shopped daily lived longer than those who shunned retail therapy, say scientists.
Shopping may provide companionship, exercise and an opportunity to maintain a healthy diet, they report in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
A leading UK expert said the findings "made sense" since shopping involves physical activity, social interaction and keeping mentally active.
In the study, published online in the academic journal, researchers led by Dr Yu-Hung Chang of the Institute of Population Health Sciences, Taiwan, studied nearly 2,000 men and women aged 65 and over who lived in their own homes.
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