TIL a long-term study found that loneliness is as harmful to your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, increasing the risk of early death by up to 26%.

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The question "Do you feel alone?" remains rare. In France, loneliness affects 17% of the population and the US Ministry of Health in 2023 spoke of a true "epidemic of loneliness". This scourge particularly affects the over 60s. However, psychological and public health work shows that chronic loneliness after 60s damages the body as well as other well-known risks. Several studies believe that this isolation increases mortality in proportions comp…