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>> when we sing, we feel the same emotion of happiness, enjoyment. >> feelings of loneliness are a significant issue for older adults. the arts are particularly innovative for helping improve health inequities in these communities. if somebody is lonely, they're at higher risk for mortality and developing disability. we started 12 different choirs at senior centers throughout san francisco with the aim of better understanding if singing in a community choir could improve the health and well-being of diverse older adults. we enrolled almost 400 older adults. the main benefits of the choir we di...

Participate in a group activity that has cultural meaningfulness to them. >> having a schedule, having to go out, enjoy what you're doing, it is very important. and singing has an emotional component. so i am so glad to be in this choir. bryce harper, one of baseball's biggest stars, isn't just changing cities. he's also changing numbers. >> it's a tribute to another great for the phillies. >> good morning. coming off signing an historic deal, it's great to see his head and heart in the right place. the phillies introduced him. he'll now wear the number 3. he wore 34 there in d.c. but in phi...

Emotion of happiness enjoyment. >> feelings of loneliness are a significant issue for older adults. the arts are particularly innovative for helping improve health inequities in these communities. if somebody is lonely, they're at higher risk for mortality and developing disability. we started 12 different choirs at senior centers throughout san francisco with the aim of better understanding if singing in a community choir could improve the health and well-being of diverse older adults. we enrolled almost 400 older adults. the main benefits of the choir that we discovered, older adults had a r...

>> feelings of loneliness are a significant issue for older adults. the arts are innovative in helping improve health and equities. >> we do see thanks. >> reporter: if somebody is lonely, they're at higher risk for mortality and developing disability. we started 12 different choirs at senior centers throughout san francisco with the aim of better understanding if singing in a community choir could improve the health and well being of diverse older adults. we enrolled almost 400 older adults. the main benefits we discovered, older adults had a reduction in feelings of loneliness and also an in...

Clubs and afterschool programs would be the best way to reach students. when you reach people in a collaborative environment it's a taylor made situation. nothing better than a group activity to get people involved in mental health and think it's cool and destigmatizes it and makes it available to the average person. >> fred, you were at the state of the union speech and wrote about it, i shouldn't have been, and, you know, i think kai makes a point you have this combination of there always have been stresses in teenagers and young people and adults, people are stressed out and people are prob...