How Social Connection, Belonging, and Play Contribute to Improved Health
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How Social Connection, Belonging, and Play Contribute to Improved Health
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When we talk about health, we tend to focus on the things we can measure: blood pressure, cholesterol, body composition, fitness, and lab results. But some important parts of our health do not show up on a blood test.
In this episode of No Filter Doctor, I take a look at three of them: social connection, belonging, and play. We get into the evidence linking social relationships with physical health, mental health, cognition, and even mortality. But we also go beyond the data to talk about the difference between being around people and actually belonging, why adults still need to play, and what these less measurable parts of health can look like in real life. Pasted text
This one gets a little more personal than most.
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