Research groups such as Tokyo Medical and Dental University have announced that the risk of death is lower for older people who have more hobbies.
In particular, hobbies of physical activity and hobbies with someone reduce the risk of death, and the research group says, "I want you to start with something that you can easily do, such as inviting someone to take a walk."
Research groups such as Tokyo Medical and Dental University have asked more than 48,000 elderly people in Aichi and Chiba prefectures to answer multiple questions from 25 items about their hobbies. Follow-up and analysis for 6 years from 2010.
As a result, the "death risk" adjusted for the effects of age, gender, underlying illness, etc. was 10% for those who answered 2 hobbies and 5 for hobbies, compared to those who answered 0 hobbies. Those who responded said that the risk of death was lower for those who had more hobbies, such as 31% lower.
Looking at the types of hobbies, the "death risk" was 9% for those who answered that they had one "hobby to move their body" such as walking and jogging, compared to those who answered that they had no hobbies, and Go / Shogi. , Gateball, etc., 13% of the respondents answered that they had one "hobby to do with someone", which was a low result.
Regarding this result, Professor Takeo Fujiwara of Tokyo Medical and Dental University said, "If you have various hobbies, you will meet various people and various stimuli will come into your brain. I want you to start with something that you can easily do, such as taking a walk. "