Advisory Board September 21, 2023

According to a new study published in Nature Mental Health, people who had a broad range of healthy lifestyle factors were able to reduce their risk of depression by more than half — findings that health experts say underscore the importance of habits and behaviors in good mental health.

Study details and key findings

For the study, researchers analyzed data from 287,282 participants who were part of the UK Biobank database initiative.

Overall, the researchers identified seven lifestyle factors that influenced depression and found that participants who maintained at least five of them reduced their...

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