A 2024 study found that children who experience more warm physical affection, such as hugging, are 11.7% more likely to have ideal heart health as adults.
Sources
- Why You Should Get (and Give) More Hugs - Healthline (healthline.com)
- https://newsroom.heart.org/news/childhood-relationships-experiences-may-have-good-and-bad-effects-on-adult-heart-health (newsroom.heart.org)
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11078262/ (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/news/2024/caregiver-warmth-childhood-associated-heart-health-later-life (nhlbi.nih.gov)
- https://www.healio.com/news/cardiology/20240123/childhood-adversity-caregiver-warmth-tied-to-longterm-heart-health (healio.com)
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