Post Date December, 02 2023
At the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society recently held in California, the results of a new study show that widowed men and divorced men lose not only their spouses, but also a series of healthy living habits that can prevent disease and premature death. They eat less vegetables, drink more alcohol, and are not easy to quit smoking, suffer from Alzheimer's disease, commit suicide, and even die young.
The study surveyed nearly 30000 men, and found that widowed men ate three fewer vegetables and drank more alcohol per week than before, with an average of more than 21 times per week. Divorced men, on the other hand, ate two less vegetables a week than before, and they were more likely to smoke. If you remarry, you are more likely to quit smoking.
At present, it is not clear why widowers and newly celibate men do not care about their health more than men in normal life. Dr. Kawazi of Harvard University School of Public Health speculates that women have a positive impact on men's health. Women often go to see doctors. Even though most women have jobs with fixed income, they also take on more cooking chores at home. In fact, newly celibate men also eat more oil-pressed food outside. Dr. Kawazi suggested that doctors should understand the marital status of male patients, especially when their living habits began to change, doctors should ask them about their changes in marriage.
Previous studies have also shown that divorce or separation will increase the suicide risk of men by two times, but have little impact on women; The support from spouse can lower blood pressure for men. These findings support the claim that marriage is beneficial to men's physical and mental health.
