The Claim

The combined effect of sleep, physical activity, and diet quality on mortality risk is synergistic, such that improving all three factors together results in a greater reduction in mortality risk than the sum of the reductions achieved by improving each factor individually.

Source: Minimum and optimal combined variations in sleep, physical activity, and nutrition in relation to all-cause mortality risk

What the research says

Supports is higher

Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.

Supports
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Cause and effect
1 study reviewed
In plain English

If you get better sleep, move more, and eat healthier, your chances of living longer go up way more than just adding up the benefits of each one separately.

See the scientific wording

The combined effect of sleep, physical activity, and diet quality on mortality risk is synergistic, meaning the health benefit of improving all three together is greater than the sum of improving each one individually.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Minimum and optimal combined variations in sleep, physical activity, and nutrition in relation to all-cause mortality risk

    When people get better sleep, move more, and eat healthier all at once, they live longer than if they just improved one thing at a time—like getting a bigger boost from doing all three together.

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