Health Watch

Amy,

Actions speak louder than words. Keep up your exercise routine and stay motivated during this busy time of year. Healthy Lifestyle Tip: Healthy Behavior May Be Contagious Hanging out with healthy friends could be the best way to keep fit. A study of 3,610 people found that physical activity and healthy eating behavior are strongly affected by social norms. “The importance of social environmental influences on health-promoting behaviors such as physical activity and healthy eating has been increasingly recognized. Ours is one of the first studies to demonstrate the association of both social support and social norms with physical activity and eating behaviors,” says Kylie Ball from Deakin University, Australia. According to Ball, “These findings suggest that healthy behavior may be contagious. The potential to modify social norms as an intervention lever for promoting increased engagement in physical activity and healthy eating is worthy of further investigation.” Source: bmedreport.com