From: The Washington Post
How to Use Habit-Stacking to Reach Your Health and Wellness Goals
Many people have ambitious goals to improve their health: work out, meditate, eat healthier, get to bed earlier. But so often, those good intentions to improve your well-being can fail to translate to real life — despite your best efforts.
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For all of the widespread use of habit-stacking, there’s hardly any research on it, said Katy Milkman, professor and co-director of the Behavior Change for Good Initiative at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and author of “How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be.”
One small study of 50 people found that those who flossed their teeth after brushing (rather than before) tended to form stronger habits and floss more frequently. But there are currently no large, well-designed studies showing habit-stacking is effective.
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