Healthier men will have more sex: Study

Here is another reason why you need to check your health on a regular basis

Healthy men will want to have more sex for a longer period of time,according to a study by researchers at the University of Chicago.

“Men and women reporting very good or excellent health were more likely to be sexually active compared with their peers in poor or fair health,” the study said,adding that the good health folks 1.5 to 1.8 times more likely to report an interest in sex than those in poorer health.

An associate professor,Stacy Tessler Lindau and research associate Natalia Gavrilova examined data from more than 6,000 American adults between the age group of 25 and 85.

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“Sexual activity,quality of sexual life and interest in sex were positively associated with health in middle age and later life,” the study said. “Sexually active life expectancy was longer for men,but men lost more years of sexually active life as a result of poor health than women.”

The report published online in the British Medical Journal also found that people who had sex more often were more likely to healthier. “Among sexually active people,good health was also significantly associated with frequent sex (once or more weekly) in men,” it said.

The report also finds that same health-sex relation is not the same for men and women. For instance,at 55,men in very good or excellent health on average gained 5-7 years of sexually active life compared with their peers in poor or fair health. Women in very good or excellent health gained 3-6 years compared with women in poor or fair health. “Sexual activity,good quality sexual life,and interest in sex were higher for men than for women and this gender gap widened with age,” the study found.