Study Reveals Habits of Happy and Healthy Aging Behavioral scientist Arthur Brooks discusses habits observed in the Harvard Study of Adult Development, highlighting moderate exercise, substance control, curiosity, problem-solving skills, and strong relationships as key to happier, healthier aging. The news also briefly mentions other unrelated topics. Hormone therapy boosts weight loss drug results by 35% in women, study findsThere are several habits that happy and healthy people observe as they age, according to behavioral scientist and happiness expert Arthur Brooks, professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School in Boston. In a recent appearance on Dr. Rhonda Patrick’s FoundMyFitness podcast, Brooks referenced data from the Harvard Study of Adult Development – an 85-year longitudinal study of adult life – which identified six typical habits of people who are happier and healthier.For exercise, Brooks noted that doing too much can backfire. Those who are “exercise maniacs” could run the risk of doing “mechanical ill” to the body, he warned.“They’re very moderate on substances, none of them were addicts,” Brooks said. “Or if they had trouble with it, they quit.” “Lifelong smokers have a seven in 10 chance of dying of a smoking-related illness – and that’s an unhappy way to go.” “And actually, you’re probably not happy and there’s a lot of compensation that’s going on,” he continued. “That’s how a lot of former alcoholics re-sample: They become addicted.”“That’s usually a lot of reading, but it’s just curiosity is how that comes about, which is really, really important,” he said on the podcast.Brooks described this concept as “your technique for dealing with life’s problems.” “You’ve got to get good at it,” he said. “You need skill at dealing with life’s problems. If you don’t get good at it, you’re going to be bad when things actually crop up.” “All the happy and well people have their way with it, and they’re highly skilled in doing it.”“People who have the best lives, who are happy and well when they’re older, have a strong marriage and/or close friendships,” Brooks said.60+ Amazon fitness deals our picky wellness writer is currently sweating overWelcome to the ‘Erewhon-ification’ of medicine — where health is the hottest status symbol Trump posts clip of massive blast after 2,000-lb bunker buster bombs rip through an Iranian ammunition depotTwo-time Yankees' World Series champ, dead at 71Dakota Mortensen accuses Taylor Frankie Paul of ‘scratching, shoving, and striking’ him in 2026 police reportStream It Or Skip It: 'Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole' On Netflix, Where A Troubled Detective Tracks Down A Serial Killer Who Is Terrorizing Oslo