In 2013, Institute of Economic Affairs based in London published a report showing that retirement is, in fact, bad for your health. They found that it increases the chances of suffering __________ depression by 40% and the probability of having at least one diagnosed physical problem by 60%.

Gabriel Sahlgren, the author of the report, was surprised by just how much retirement __________ health.

In the first year of retirement, health actually improved, but two to three years later the mental and physical conditions began to __________.

Dhaval Dave, a professor of economics found that average person experience some sort of health problem within six years of retiring. People from different countries suffer in the same ways and to similar __________.

There are a number of reasons why health declines after retirement. For many people, work is where they are the most social and do the most physical activity. When those social __________ disappear, you’ll get lonely and health declines.

Another research suggests that not only loneliness leads to mental illness, but also to physical illness. A __________ in income can also affect health.

People who suddenly make less money may buy cheaper foods, avoid going to the doctor as often as they should and stop their physical exercises. Mary Peterson, who lives in a community of mostly __________, sees every day the effects of not working.

One of her friends started forgetting details after months of all-day TV watching, while another friend had a heart __________ two months after retiring.

As researches proves, the key to staying healthy mentally and physically well into retirement is filling the social and physical activity __________ with the activities that keep you stimulated.

There is, of course, another option - continue working. People are living longer than ever before and many countries have life __________ of close to 80 today.