Everyone’s a Health Nut on Monday

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1、Everyone’saHealthNutonMonday　　TraditionsuggeststhatJanuary1istheperfecttimetodecidetoimproveyourhealth.Butourcollectivesuccessratethereisgrim：onesurveyfoundthatonlyabout17percentofpeoplewhomakeNewYear’sresolutionsstickthemoutformorethanonemonth.Sowhendowemakebehaviorcha

2、ngesthatreallystick？　　Researchhasshownthatmorepeoplestartdietandexerciseregimes2），quitsmoking，andmakedoctors’appointmentsonMondaysthananyotherdayoftheweek.Now，anewanalysisofonlinesearchqueriesshowsthathealth-relatedcontemplations3）arealsomostlikelytotakeplaceonaMonday.　

3、　Thestudy，tobepublishedearlynextweekintheAmericanJournalofPreventiveMedicinefoundthathealth-relatedGooglequeriespeakonMondayandTuesday.TheythendeclinethroughouttheweekbeforeplungingonSaturdayandreboundingagainMonday.　　“Thesefindingsshowthathealthythinkingandbehaviorissy

4、ncedtotheweek，withMondaybeingthedaywe’remostlikelytostarthealthy，”saidMorganJohnson，aco-authorofthestudy.“Thissuggeststhatpeopleseethenewweekmuchlikeanewbeginning―aJanuary1stthathappenseverysevendays.”9　　Similartothe24-hourcircadianrhythm4）thatservesasanatural“bodyclock

5、，”a7-daycycleknownasourcircaseptanrhythm5）governsnumerousbiologicalfunctions.Mondayspikes6），inparticular，havebeenassociatedwithseveralcardiovascular7）events，suchashighbloodpressure，heartattacks，andstroke，aswellasinfectiousdisease.Now，saysJohnson，itappearsthathealthycons

6、iderationsfollowthesamekindofrhythm.　　Aspartofthestudy，JohnsonworkedwithresearchersfromSanDiegoStateUniversity，theSantaFeInstitute，andJohnsHopkinsUniversitytomonitorqueriesfrom2004to2012forsearchesthatincludedtheword“healthy”orthatwereGoogleclassifiedas“health-related”（

7、e.g.healthydiet）.Datashowedthathealth-relatedqueriesonMondayandTuesdaywere3percentgreaterthanWednesday，15percentgreaterthanThursday，49percentgreaterthanFriday，80percentgreaterthanSaturdayand29percentgreaterthanSunday.　　Johnsonnotesthatthe“rhythmswereunfailinglyconsisten

8、t”acrosstheweeksandwerenotinfluencedbyfactorssuchasmediareportingonhealth.Knowingthathealthyconsiderationsfoll