It’s January, so many of you have likely set goals to be more physically active or less stressed in 2018. However, a better goal may be to stop worrying about how much exercise you’re getting and how stressed you are.
A recent study of more than 60,000 American adults examined the link between perceptions of exercise and mortality. The researchers found something curious: People who worried about being less active than others were up to 71 percent more likely to die in the follow-up period 21 years later, regardless of their actual levels of physical activity or overall health.
