Healthier Habits Are Easier To Adopt As A Couple, Study Finds

The Huffington Post reports:

Husbands and wives, listen up. If you want your spouse to hit the gym, shed a few pounds or quit smoking, prodding and shaming just won't do. Rather, a new study says your partner is more likely to break bad habits and get on a healthier track if you join them on their pursuit.

"Men and women are more likely to make a positive health behavior change if their partner does too, and with a stronger effect than if the partner had been consistently healthy in that domain," the University College London researchers write in the study published in journal JAMA Internal Medicine. The study looked at the lifestyle habits of over 3,700 couples over age 50 who were part of the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing.

Partnership.