People with large smiles may actually live longer according to a study at Michigan's Wayne State University. We are all aware that positive emotions are linked to both physical and mental health, but researchers at the university did something interesting: they looked at photos of 230 ball-players who began their careers in baseball prior to 1950 and studied their smile intensity- ranging from big smile to partial smile to no smile. The players's smile ratings were compared with data from deaths that occured from 2006 through 2009. They then took into account other factors that impact life longevity, including body mass index, career length, and even college attendance.
What the researchers found was that players who weren't smiling in the photos died at an average age of 72.9 years. Players with partial smiles lived to be 75. Those with big smiles, however, lived on average to be 79.9 years old.
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