Live Longer by Reading Books

Posted on March 26, 2021March 24, 2021 by Alec in Life, Science

Studies show that book readers live longer.

This comic is based on a study about reading and longevity. You can read about the study here. Some of the dialog in the comic comes from the article.

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Eve Zhou says:

March 26, 2021 at 7:06 am

ok reading online counts as reading. Wonder who is not reading?

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1. Alec says:
  
  March 26, 2021 at 7:18 am
  
  The study was specifically about reading books; basically long form reading, not periodicals or articles. And definitely not Cat World.
  
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nicolarose says:

April 23, 2021 at 9:56 am

love it! now the question is – does it matter WHICH type of book?

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Alec says:

April 23, 2021 at 5:46 pm

“Although respondents to the survey did not specify the genre of the books they were reading, the paper says it is likely that most of the people they surveyed were reading fiction, pointing to a survey from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2009 that found that 87% of book readers choose fiction.”

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