A healthy lifestyle makes a person happier

New research led by the University of Kent and the University of Reading in Britain has found that eating fruits and vegetables and exercising can increase a person's happiness levels.

The link between lifestyle and well-being has previously been documented and is often used in public health campaigns to encourage healthy diet and exercise, and new findings published in the "Journal of Happiness Studies" show that there is also a positive lifestyle cause to life satisfaction.

Rather than generalizing the relationship between happiness and fruit and vegetable consumption and exercise, the researchers, Dr Adelina Gschwandtner (Kent School of Economics), Dr Sarah Jewell and Professor Uma Kamphamati, (both from the University of Reading School of Economics) used an effective covariate method to see what effect happiness had on Lifestyle, and she showed that eating fruits and vegetables and exercising is what makes people happy, not the other way around.

The results show the ability of individuals to delay gratification and apply self-control, which play a major role in influencing lifestyle decisions, which in turn have a positive impact on well-being. The research also showed that men should exercise more, and women should eat more green. And the fruit.

Dr. Jschwandtner said: "Behavioural cues that help self-plan to advance long-term goals are likely to be particularly helpful in maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and if a better lifestyle not only makes us healthier, but also makes us happier, that's a real win." .

Professor Kamphamati said: 'There has been a greater shift in recent years in healthy lifestyle choices. environment and sustainability”.