Shopping more beneficial men's health

It may come as old news for many women, but it seems a little retail therapy is really good for you.

A day in the shops can help you live longer, according to a study.

And surprisingly, the benefits are actually higher for men.

The study even suggests the benefits of long-term survival of shopping are better than going to the gym.

See friends and just watch people can ward off loneliness and improve psychological health, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

She examined nearly 1850 people aged 65 and over living independently at home in Taiwan, which asked how often they went shopping.

The researchers then tracked how long each of the participants lived in connecting people to the national data registration of deaths between 1999 and 2008.

They found those who shopped every day lived longer than those who shopped less frequently, even after taking into account the problems of people's physical health or otherwise.

Go to the shops every day cut the chances of dying from a participant during the period of the study by over a quarter compared to those who do not buy regularly.

Older men often jumped out the shops had the best record of survival, with a 28 percent reduction in their chances of dying, while older women have seen a little less a discount of 23 percent in dying.

Researchers led by Dr. Yu-Hung Chang at the National Institute of Health Research in Zhunan, Taiwan, accept that those who shopped regularly may have been healthier to begin with.

They said: "senior Shops less food would be at risk of poorer quality of food necessary to maintain health. A vicious circle is limited purchases and poor nutrition can change for seniors. "

But the study added: "In many businesses, socialize with, or watching others can provide social benefits and mental.

"Compared to other types of leisure physical activity, such as formal exercise that typically requires motivation and occupational training, sometimes, shopping is easier to initiate and maintain.