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How to find the perfect health buddy

Get tips from Dr. Mike Roizen’s latest book, This is YOUR Do-Over.

Jan, 2026
LearnSocial healthHow to find the perfect health buddy
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Pick the Right Buddy
Focus on the Positive
Provide Mutual Feedback
Find Fun Ways to Be Supportive
Get a Buddy, Get Healthy!

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The Beatles weren’t the only ones talking about how you can get by with a little help from your friends. Michael Roizen, MD, agrees too. In his new book, This is YOUR Do-Over, Dr. Roizen explains how a supportive buddy is a powerful tool to transform your health. “The buddy system works by helping you make good choices, coaxing you to be smart about your behavior and cheering or jeering you when you do things that have an influence on your body,” explains Roizen.
 
Get started on the right path to improving your health with these tips to develop a successful buddy relationship. 
Written byMichael Gollust.
Medically reviewed byMark Arredondo, MD.December, 2023

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