Objective:

To check the relationship between happiness and health.

Material and Methods:

A total of 863 articles were found that were initially selected. The abstracts of this selection were reviewed and the search topic and duplication of articles were verified. 37 articles were initially selected and 18 of these were excluded because they did not meet the inclusion criteria or because the full text could not be accessed. Finally, 19 articles were included in the investigation to be reviewed in depth.

Results:

19 selected articles. Conclusions: We can point out that higher levels of well-being and happiness positively influence people’s health, decreasing cardiovascular risk, inflammatory states, even delaying cellular aging. Subsequent investigations should deepen their analysis in order to overcome some limitations present in the articles reviewed

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