The fact that children bring joy into our lives and fill it with meaning is known to all parents. Before us, it seems that the door to the country of childhood opens again. Although anxiety and hassle is added, all this does not go to any comparison with the love that children give us.
Surely you noticed that with the child you move more, walk, play with him in outdoor games, you prefer a healthier meal. And generally you take more care of your health, because the child needs strong and healthy parents. So, studies of Swedish scientists only confirm parental conclusions: with children we are more active way of life. So, we have more chances to live a long and happy life.
Research: people with children live longer than childless
People who have children live longer - this is the conclusion reached by Swedish researchers as a result of observations of one and a half million inhabitants of the country.
The researchers studied the life expectancy of men and women born between 1911 and 1925 years and reached 60-years of age, and concluded that people who had at least one child lived longer than the childless.
“At the age of 60, the difference in life expectancy for men was 2 years and for women it was one and a half years,” says a study published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
And to 80 years, according to scientists, men with children on average were in stock 7 years and 8 months, while for childless - only seven years. For women, these rates were 9 years and 6 months against 8 years and 11 months.
The paper does not state that children are the key to longevity. However, researchers suggest that the difference can be explained by the financial and other assistance that children give to parents, and also because childless people often lead a less healthy lifestyle than those who have at least one child.
Based on: www.bbc.com