The Health Benefits Of Single Being Single
While many studies tout the positive health benefits of getting married, being single doesn't exactly mean you're looking at a short, unhappy life. From the book Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After, author Bella DePaulo offers these advantages to being single, when compared to being married:
Weight. Married people tend to gain weight during the first few years after their wedding, according to the Health Psychology journal—possibly because they no longer worry about attracting partners.
Exercise. Similarly, single people tend to exercise more, at least according to one University of Maryland study. Perhaps married people are too busy to exercise, or feel less pressure to do it.
Friendships. Singles generally have a wider circle of friends and work harder at maintaining their relationships, says a University of Massachusetts at Amherst study. They tend to do more volunteer work and stay closer o their siblings as well.
Stress. Couples are more likely than singles to worry and argue about money, and suffer from credit card debt, according to one 2014 survey.
On the other hand, singles face health risks of their own. They’re more likely to smoke, and according to a 2012 study by Emory University, their mortality rate in the months following heart surgery is three times higher than that of married folks. There's a 5 percent higher risk of developing heart disease than married people. And singles tend to get stressed if their house isn't neat.
What's your opinion about the studies of single people.
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