Rx for good health: Read every day

Read every day. The prescription almost seems too simple, yet its potential impact for Canada’s health-care system could be sizable.

The importance of reading every day is one of the main findings from Health Literacy in Canada 2008: A Healthy Understanding, a recently published report on the state of health literacy from the Canadian Council on Learning.

The report found that daily reading is the strongest predictor of higher levels of health literacy. On average, as health literacy rises, individuals enjoy better health. And of course, as the health of the population improves, the burden on the health-care system is reduced. Read the article in The Toronto Star online.