health benefit
Americannoun
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the positive impact on health and wellbeing (of a given food, exercise, habit, etc).
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something which may positively impact one's health and wellbeing.
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How often should we be engaging with the arts to get the full health benefit?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
"So there's definitely some benefit to using the sauna but the question is whether that's a long-term health benefit or more of a psychological one."
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
There is still an active ongoing debate in medical circles about whether wine has a health benefit.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
The study shows “that even people who are very physically inactive can maximize their heart health benefit by tweaking their walking patterns to walk for longer at a time, ideally for at least 10-15 minutes.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
It was not an unreasonable argument, but the prevailing view, with which I agreed, was that circumcision was a cultural ritual that had not only a salutary health benefit but an important psychological effect.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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