It's Time To Improve Your Health & Wellbeing With Reading

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For ages teachers and parents have encouraged students to read more books on various subjects as it helps to improve their knowledge and understanding. Now a new research reveals that reading for only 30 minutes each week also helps in improving your health and overall wellbeing.

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 Reading Improves Health – Says Study

The study was published recently on 5th February 2015 and was conducted by Dr Josie Billington of University of Liverpool for Galaxy Quick Reads. It was discovered that reading actually offers a wide array of benefits like reducing stress and feelings of isolation, and boosting self-esteem and health. The report also found that individuals who read for at least 30 minutes each week have 35 per cent higher probability for a better life experience. Cathy Rentzenbrink of Quick Reads commented “I have always found reading to be a great source of comfort and this research confirms what I have long witnessed professionally, reading can help any one of us to be healthier, happier and ultimately to get more out of life.”

Findings Of The Study – What Is The Indication

Apart from the health benefits you can gain from reading, the study also found that more than 42 per cent of all 16 million lapsed readers present in the United Kingdom fail to read as they are unable to find adequate time. The study also reported that around 2.2 million UK residents do not read at all, particularly due to their busy lifestyles and various other events. It was also observed that almost 1.3 million individuals hardly ever read because of depression, even though data confirms that reading reduces anxiety levels and boosts your mood levels.

Joyce Black, Assistant Director for Development and Research at NIACE, commented “For the last 9 years, Quick Reads have had a dramatic impact on literacy learning across the country. Countless adults have read, completed and enjoyed a book for the first time. They have then gone on to read many other books and through reading for pleasure, have become more confident, have better health and have encouraged others, including their children, to read.”

But she believes that numerous are unable to enjoy the advantages offered by reading. Joyce added “However there are still far too many people who are missing out on the benefits of reading, beyond the joy that a good book brings. One in three adults in the UK do not read for pleasure. And yet today’s survey from Galaxy Quick Reads shows the range of added benefits. We hope that the new Quick Reads published today will inspire many more people to not only improve their literacy skills but also discover a love of reading.”

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Reading - How Can It Benefit You 

The study also discovered a number of other benefits related to reading. Some are listed below-

• 43 per cent of surveyed readers claimed reading helped to improve their sleep.

• 64 per cent of regular readers and 61 per cent of rare readers showed sufficient compassion and empathy towards others.

• 19 per cent of surveyed readers in the UK said reading helped to reduce feelings of loneliness.

• 57 per cent of readers claimed to have gained improved cultural awareness.

• 48 per cent of UK readers said reading helped to improve their levels of creativity.

• 72 per cent readers have higher probabilities to experience better greater community spirit.

Do you read frequently? What do you think about the findings of this study? Feel free to share your thoughts with us. We would love to hear from you.

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