The WHO has identified social exclusion as one of health's ten critical social determinants. Here is a scary study result: lack of social connections, when factoring in multidimensional analysis, increases the odds of mortality by 91%. The mortality risk from social exclusion is comparable to smoking and more significant than the mortality risk from obesity or physical inactivity. 📜 Write Up - https://zhighley.com/the-loneliness-epidemic-how-social-isolation-is-taking-lives/ 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/​​ 🐧 Twitter - https://twitter.com/zachhighley 💌 Newsletter - https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Who am I: My name is Zach. I’m a Resident Physician in Boston. I make videos about medical school, studying, and growth. I love trying new things and often mess up. However, every time I screw up, I usually learn something. Whatever I learn, I post it either on YouTube or on my website 🌐 (https://zhighley.com/​​). I write a weekly newsletter 💌 (https://zhighley.com/newsletter/​​) linking the best things I read, watched, and listened to that week. Join the 4,000+ that read it every other Sunday morning. The Gear I Use to film videos: https://zhighley.com/resources/#_YouT…​​ What I’m Reading: https://zhighley.com/resources/#_Books