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People who have stronger social networks live longer

01-Nov-2016

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People with stronger social networks and relationships tend to live longer – also true of the online world.

Online activity of the 12 million people over six months studied.

Facebook users 12 per cent less likely to die in any given year.

The bigger the social network the better.

Activity that indicates offline social interaction (e.g. posting photos) tended to live longest.

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William Hobbs

Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development at Cornell University.

Yale University

Private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut

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