TRIBUNCIREBON.COM – It is not only food and drink that a person can be exposed to diabetes.
Quoted by Tribuncirebon.com from Kontan.Id, a study of older adults in the UK found that people who are lonely are more likely to develop diabetes type 2, regardless of other risk factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, and body weight.
Loneliness, where a person’s social needs are not met, may increase.
A recent report found that nearly half of people in the United States feel at times or always feel alone.
Quoting from the Medical News Today website, Monday (21/9), loneliness is even more common among the younger generation, with nearly 80% of Gen Z and more than 70% of millennials experiencing this feeling.
Some believe that technology can play a role in feelings of loneliness among younger generations, with social media and other forms of online communication increasingly replacing genuine human relationships.
Apart from the negative emotional impact of feeling isolated, loneliness is also a major risk to you health physical.
Research has linked loneliness with disease coronary heart disease and find that loneliness may be a threat health greater than obesity.
One study even shows that people who are lonely have a higher risk of death than people who don’t feel alone.
A new study from Kings College London in the UK adds to the problem list health associated with loneliness, found that people who are lonely are more likely to develop diabetes type 2.
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