Do you have poor health habits? Well, it's very likely that your spouse does too. The same goes if you decide to start dieting and exercising. You see, new research suggests that spouses are copycats. Researchers examined more than 6,000 individuals who participated in the Health and Retirement Study, which has followed the health of 20,000 Americans over the age of 50 since 1992. The researchers found that smokers were five times more likely to give up cigarettes if their spouse had quit, the same applied to drinking.

What do you think? Do you and your spouse have the same health habits? Read the full article here.

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