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This article examines how volunteering can bring about positive physical and mental health benefits, and highlights a connection between volunteering and more positive emotions, less loneliness and more social support.Summary
- Mental health benefits not only for older adults—also teenagers.
- Healthier biological function, such as reduced inflammation.
- Doesn’t have to be physical to be beneficial to health.
- Only risk to positive health benefits is stress from overcommitting.
