{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/650c7b1e8c8c2d0010306abc/698224c28ac0563acb45dc20?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why Loneliness Can Shorten Your Life (and How to Build a Social Health Plan) - Ken Stern","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/650c7b1e8c8c2d0010306abc/1770136763607-4155908c-7b72-4a8a-b52a-ae3393739df8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Loneliness isn’t just uncomfortable - it’s costly. And the scariest part? Most of us are living it without calling it what it is.</p><p><br></p><p>Dr. Jody talks with Ken Stern (*Healthy to 100*, *Century Lives*) about the loneliness epidemic and the link between social isolation and mortality risk - plus the practical shift that changes everything: building your social life with the same intention you’d bring to nutrition or exercise.</p><p><br></p><p>They get into what “lonely” actually looks like in real life, why we’re spending less time with friends than we did a generation ago, and how proximity, community design, and technology have quietly pulled us apart.</p><p><br></p><p>This is a call back to connection - with a plan, not just a wish.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Links &amp; Resources:</strong></p><ul><li>ABOUT CENTURY LIVES&nbsp;The Longevity Project: https://www.longevity-project.com/centurylives</li><li>Healthy to 100: Secrets from Countries Where Retirees Age Best: https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/happy-retirement/healthy-to-100-secrets-from-countries-where-retirees-age-best</li><li>Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic Review (PLoS Medicine, 2010): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2910600/</li><li>Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: The U.S. Surgeon Generals Advisory (May 3, 2023): https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-social-connection-advisory.pdf</li></ul>","author_name":"Snack Labs"}