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Understanding the barriers college students face to healthy leisure activities

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Activities that engage people socially or creatively — like playing guitar — can improve health and well-being, while activities like drinking too much or “doom scrolling” on a phone can be harmful to mental and physical health. Credit: Dima Berlin and martin-dm/Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.

October 18, 2023

By Aaron Wagner

Understanding the barriers college students face to healthy leisure activities

young woman scrolling on her phone next to another young woman playing the guitar

leisure-healthy-unhealthy

Activities that engage people socially or creatively — like playing guitar — can improve health and well-being, while activities like drinking too much or “doom scrolling” on a phone can be harmful to mental and physical health. Credit: Dima Berlin and martin-dm/Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.

October 18, 2023

By Aaron Wagner

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