Loneliness as harmful as smoking and obesity, say scientists


	Loneliness as harmful as smoking and obesity, say scientists

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2-16-2009 4:14 AM

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2-16-2009 10:58 AM

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Loneliness is what a person makes of it. You can choose to be lonely and say poor me. Or you can use it as a time to explore yourself.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/71539591-83c0-4319-8866-81d3d2b4d459/0BE002D9-FD43-4685-9909-B33AA980F61C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/4636683/Loneliness-as-harmful-as-smoking-and-obesity-say-scientists.html" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/4636683/Loneliness-as-harmful-as-smoking-and-obesity-say-scientists.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/4636683/Loneliness-as-harmful-as-smoking-and-obesity-say-scientists.html"><H1>Loneliness as harmful as smoking and obesity, say scientists </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/4636683/Loneliness-as-harmful-as-smoking-and-obesity-say-scientists.html"><H2>Loneliness can be as harmful to your health as smoking and obesity, claim psychologists. </H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/4636683/Loneliness-as-harmful-as-smoking-and-obesity-say-scientists.html"><P>
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Last Updated: 8:04AM GMT 16 Feb 2009</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/4636683/Loneliness-as-harmful-as-smoking-and-obesity-say-scientists.html"><P>Lack of connection with others not only makes us unhappy but it is also bad for the wellbeing of the body and mind, research finds.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/4636683/Loneliness-as-harmful-as-smoking-and-obesity-say-scientists.html"><P>A sense of rejection or isolation increases blood pressure, stress levels and general wear and tear as well as increases your chances of developing Alzheimer's Disease.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/4636683/Loneliness-as-harmful-as-smoking-and-obesity-say-scientists.html"><P>It also reduces will power and perseverance, thus affecting the ability to follow a healthy lifestyle, according to scientists. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/4636683/Loneliness-as-harmful-as-smoking-and-obesity-say-scientists.html"><P>The findings were outlined by Professor John Cacioppo, of the University of Chicago, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual conference.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/4636683/Loneliness-as-harmful-as-smoking-and-obesity-say-scientists.html"><P>Loneliness not only alters behaviour, but loneliness is related to greater resistance to blood flow through your cardiovascular system, Professor Cacioppo said.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0BE002D9-FD43-4685-9909-B33AA980F61C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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