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Women who sunbathe live longer: study
- gte910h 16y agoWomen who sunbathe in a very northern country with little sunlight live longer.
- jfb 16y agoI also wonder when I read these popularizations of research how rigorous the controls were. Women who sunbathe seem likely to be a) more fit than the general population, and b) much more body conscious, either of which could lead to the counter-intuitive finding. Still, I like getting sunlight as much as possible (living in SF this is sort of hit-or-miss).
- sabat 16y agoTo get sun on a foggy day, all you usually need to do is either 1) head across the bridge to the East Bay, or 2) go to Mt. Sutro or Potrero Hill.
- jfb 16y agoI like to play the "how far south down the 1 do I have to drive until it gets sunny?" game. As a bonus, I get to drive down the 1.
- sabat 16y agoHighway 1 is awesome -- I like your game. (cough cough it's Highway 1 up here; Norcal people don't use 'the' when referring to highways cough *cough)
- edw519 16y ago1 hour of sunbathing in Sweden = running quickly to car in Miami
- BenjieGillam 16y agoI wonder why it's only women that were studied...
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- alanh 16y agoMy money's on correlation, not causation. Or would be, if this didn't refer to places with little sun.
- MoreMoschops 16y agoWomen who sunbathe more have a lifestyle (money, time, desire to take care of self) that involves being healthier and having better access to medical care.
- JeanPierre 16y agoThey go from "sunbath" in the first paragraph to "extended periods in the sun" in the second. I'm not exactly sure if that mean that the test group itself was "sunbathing" or were "extended periods in the sun" - but if we assume the latter, then sure: People that go outside to jog or do any other physical activity do live longer than people working inside an office. If they're specific about "sunbathing" I'd like some more information. If "sunbathing" does not include tanning beds then the results do not amuse me either. Swedish people cannot tan during autumn, winter or spring without going on a vacation (either to Swedish mountains or somewhere south). People that can afford a vacation are in general wealthy, and that wealthy people live longer than the average human is something we already know.
- patio11 16y agoYou will find that virtually every habit of rich people is positively correlated with living longer. (In related news, collisions involving a Prius are disproportionately likely to kill Democrats, and people who speak Japanese are murdered by yakuza more than a hundred times more often than people who do not.)