Volunteering and Your Health, By the Numbers

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Employees pose at Digitas Boston's Community Service Day in 2012.

By UnitedHealthcare2014-05-30 13:25:18 UTC

Taking the stairs instead of the elevator. Cooking a meal instead of eating out. There are simple tweaks you can make to your lifestyle to jumpstart your health — but they don't end with activity and consumption. Another way to improve your health is volunteering.

A study by UnitedHealth Group and the Optum Institute finds that volunteering is linked to better physical, mental and emotional health.

See also: Volunteering Is Good for Your Health and Your Work

From company community service projects to finding local organizations that need assistance, there are myriad ways to get involved, improve your skillset and help others in the process.

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