Reading Books Can Lengthen Your Life?

by ParentCo. August 10, 2016

Compared with those who did not read books, those who read for up to three and a half hours a week were 17 percent less likely to die over 12 years of follow-up, and those who read more than that were 23 percent less likely to die. Book readers lived an average of almost two years longer than those who did not read at all.

Source: Read Books, Live Longer? - The New York Times

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