From: The New York Times
Your 401(k) Is Healthy. So Maybe You Are, Too.
The New York Times:
Before you suggest that friends or family members start to exercise or improve their diets, you might first want to ask a question: Are they saving for retirement?
What do retirement savings have to do with physical health? A new study from the journal Psychological Science finds that people who are good at planning their financial future are more likely to take steps to improve their physical health — and then actually become healthier.
The research, scholars say, offers a keen insight into the sorts of people who are likely to make short-term sacrifices in the name of a brighter future.
“It suggests that there is something very abstract and fundamental about caring for the future,” said Gretchen Chapman, an editor for the journal and a psychology professor at Rutgers University. “The sort of person who invests in retirement is the sort of person who takes care of their health.”
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