Sunshine and Happiness

COOK Sunshine Happiness MEASURING HAPPINESS IS QUITE THE CONUNDRUM. The World Happiness Database cross-references happiness with life expectancy to measure "happy life years" and the Happy Planet Index cross-references both of these with environmental sustainability. HOW ABOUTADDING SUNSHINE TO THE MIX? Below see the relationship between sunshine, life expectancy and satisfaction across the world. GRAPHIC KEY Life Expectancy Average Hours of+ Annual Sunshine Life Satisfaction SAFRICA CANADA BULGARIA AUSTRALIA INDIA SWEDEN TURKEY USA EGYPT UK JAPAN G ERMANY GREECE CYPRUS FRANCE ARGENTINA ITALY WORLD DATABASE OF HAPPINESS HAPPY PLANET INDEX Key The World Database of Happiness is a collection of findings on happiness in the sense of 'the subjective enjoyment of one's life as-a-whole. The Happy Planet Index combines environmental impact with human well-being to measure the environmental efficiency with which, country by country, people live long and happy lives. TURKEY E BENEFITS OF SUNSHINE HAPPINESS FACTS & SPECULATION N FEEL GOOD FACTOR - The effect of marriage or a long-term partnerships on Life expectancy adds more years than giving up smoking! With the sun shining we feel more energetic and our mood improves as the sun helps our bodies produce endorphins along with the feel-good neurotransmitter, serotonin. MEN 7 YEARS WOMEN 4 YEARS NATURAL MEDICAL KIT Sun is a great source of vitamin D. It's vital for bone and muscle health and also supports our immune system. 5 minutes sunshine a day is sufficient for most people. Having 100-200 belly laughs a day can burn up to 500 calories. The equivelant of 45 minutes on a treadmill! DETOX IN THE SUN Light therapy is sometimes used for jaundice. This is because natural spectrum light helps the liver to function better and clear away toxins from our bodies. • People who rate highly for happiness in psychological tests develop about 50% more antibodies than average. 50% LINING YOUR POCKET Strange but true. "Sunshine is strongly positively correlated with daily stock returns" says David Hirshliefer, Ph.D of Fisher College of Business. 1 20 minutes of exercise, 3 days a week for 6 months improves your feeling of happiness by 10-20%. RECHARGE THOSE BATTERIES 10% 20% Natural light during the day can increase production of the sleep inducing hormone melatonin at night encouraging sound sleep & good rest. Y TOP 5 TOURIST DESTINATIONS f FACEBOOK HAPPINESS INDEX 415,155 people booked flights with Fly Thomas Cook between May and October 2010, these are the top 5 destinations from the list below. Based on the number of positive words used in status messages, Facebook has created a happiness index. CANARY ISLANDS 73,436 Christmas, New Year's Eve and Valentine's Day are amongst the happiest days. February 14th 2010, December 25th 2010 and December 31st 2010 - Mainland Spain, . Portugal, United Kingdom In the UK, Britons were the happiest on May 23rd 2010, when the temperature soared past the 20 degree Celsius mark and on December 12th when Matt Cardle won the popular X-Factor talent show. GREECE • Canary Islands . Cyprus . Greece Turkey May 23rd 2010 and December 12th 2010 United States . Egypt . North Africa . Other European - Dominican Republic • Cuba - North America Western Long Haul . Eastern Long Haul U.S. was over twice as happy as the average Wednesday when celebrating the election of President Barack Obama. CYPRUS November 5th 2008 PRODUCED EGYPT THOMAS COOK Sources: Number of passengers by destination, Fly Thomas Cook, May - October 2010. Happy Planet index, World Happiness Database, UNdata, Telegraph, Family CHLEGATTOR FLY THOM Health Guide, Facebook. flythomascook.com Little fares from the big travel company ICELAND MOROCCO BRAZIL CHINA TURKEY ZN OK.O 2011 COOK Sunshine Happiness MEASURING HAPPINESS IS QUITE THE CONUNDRUM. The World Happiness Database cross-references happiness with life expectancy to measure "happy life years" and the Happy Planet Index cross-references both of these with environmental sustainability. HOW ABOUTADDING SUNSHINE TO THE MIX? Below see the relationship between sunshine, life expectancy and satisfaction across the world. GRAPHIC KEY Life Expectancy Average Hours of+ Annual Sunshine Life Satisfaction SAFRICA CANADA BULGARIA AUSTRALIA INDIA SWEDEN TURKEY USA EGYPT UK JAPAN G ERMANY GREECE CYPRUS FRANCE ARGENTINA ITALY WORLD DATABASE OF HAPPINESS HAPPY PLANET INDEX Key The World Database of Happiness is a collection of findings on happiness in the sense of 'the subjective enjoyment of one's life as-a-whole. The Happy Planet Index combines environmental impact with human well-being to measure the environmental efficiency with which, country by country, people live long and happy lives. TURKEY E BENEFITS OF SUNSHINE HAPPINESS FACTS & SPECULATION N FEEL GOOD FACTOR - The effect of marriage or a long-term partnerships on Life expectancy adds more years than giving up smoking! With the sun shining we feel more energetic and our mood improves as the sun helps our bodies produce endorphins along with the feel-good neurotransmitter, serotonin. MEN 7 YEARS WOMEN 4 YEARS NATURAL MEDICAL KIT Sun is a great source of vitamin D. It's vital for bone and muscle health and also supports our immune system. 5 minutes sunshine a day is sufficient for most people. Having 100-200 belly laughs a day can burn up to 500 calories. The equivelant of 45 minutes on a treadmill! DETOX IN THE SUN Light therapy is sometimes used for jaundice. This is because natural spectrum light helps the liver to function better and clear away toxins from our bodies. • People who rate highly for happiness in psychological tests develop about 50% more antibodies than average. 50% LINING YOUR POCKET Strange but true. "Sunshine is strongly positively correlated with daily stock returns" says David Hirshliefer, Ph.D of Fisher College of Business. 1 20 minutes of exercise, 3 days a week for 6 months improves your feeling of happiness by 10-20%. RECHARGE THOSE BATTERIES 10% 20% Natural light during the day can increase production of the sleep inducing hormone melatonin at night encouraging sound sleep & good rest. Y TOP 5 TOURIST DESTINATIONS f FACEBOOK HAPPINESS INDEX 415,155 people booked flights with Fly Thomas Cook between May and October 2010, these are the top 5 destinations from the list below. Based on the number of positive words used in status messages, Facebook has created a happiness index. CANARY ISLANDS 73,436 Christmas, New Year's Eve and Valentine's Day are amongst the happiest days. February 14th 2010, December 25th 2010 and December 31st 2010 - Mainland Spain, . Portugal, United Kingdom In the UK, Britons were the happiest on May 23rd 2010, when the temperature soared past the 20 degree Celsius mark and on December 12th when Matt Cardle won the popular X-Factor talent show. GREECE • Canary Islands . Cyprus . Greece Turkey May 23rd 2010 and December 12th 2010 United States . Egypt . North Africa . Other European - Dominican Republic • Cuba - North America Western Long Haul . Eastern Long Haul U.S. was over twice as happy as the average Wednesday when celebrating the election of President Barack Obama. CYPRUS November 5th 2008 PRODUCED EGYPT *** THOMAS COOK Sources: Happy Planet index, World Happiness Database, UNdata, Telegraph, Family CHLEGATTOR FLY THOM Number of passengers by destination, Fly Thomas Cook, May - October 2010. Health Guide, Facebook. flythomascook.com Little fares from the big travel company ICELAND MOROCCO BRAZIL CHINA TURKEY ZN OK.O 2011 COOK Sunshine Happiness MEASURING HAPPINESS IS QUITE THE CONUNDRUM. The World Happiness Database cross-references happiness with life expectancy to measure "happy life years" and the Happy Planet Index cross-references both of these with environmental sustainability. HOW ABOUTADDING SUNSHINE TO THE MIX? Below see the relationship between sunshine, life expectancy and satisfaction across the world. GRAPHIC KEY Life Expectancy Average Hours of+ Annual Sunshine Life Satisfaction SAFRICA CANADA BULGARIA AUSTRALIA INDIA SWEDEN TURKEY USA EGYPT UK JAPAN G ERMANY GREECE CYPRUS FRANCE ARGENTINA ITALY WORLD DATABASE OF HAPPINESS HAPPY PLANET INDEX Key The World Database of Happiness is a collection of findings on happiness in the sense of 'the subjective enjoyment of one's life as-a-whole. The Happy Planet Index combines environmental impact with human well-being to measure the environmental efficiency with which, country by country, people live long and happy lives. TURKEY E BENEFITS OF SUNSHINE HAPPINESS FACTS & SPECULATION N FEEL GOOD FACTOR - The effect of marriage or a long-term partnerships on Life expectancy adds more years than giving up smoking! With the sun shining we feel more energetic and our mood improves as the sun helps our bodies produce endorphins along with the feel-good neurotransmitter, serotonin. MEN 7 YEARS WOMEN 4 YEARS NATURAL MEDICAL KIT Sun is a great source of vitamin D. It's vital for bone and muscle health and also supports our immune system. 5 minutes sunshine a day is sufficient for most people. Having 100-200 belly laughs a day can burn up to 500 calories. The equivelant of 45 minutes on a treadmill! DETOX IN THE SUN Light therapy is sometimes used for jaundice. This is because natural spectrum light helps the liver to function better and clear away toxins from our bodies. • People who rate highly for happiness in psychological tests develop about 50% more antibodies than average. 50% LINING YOUR POCKET Strange but true. "Sunshine is strongly positively correlated with daily stock returns" says David Hirshliefer, Ph.D of Fisher College of Business. 1 20 minutes of exercise, 3 days a week for 6 months improves your feeling of happiness by 10-20%. RECHARGE THOSE BATTERIES 10% 20% Natural light during the day can increase production of the sleep inducing hormone melatonin at night encouraging sound sleep & good rest. Y TOP 5 TOURIST DESTINATIONS f FACEBOOK HAPPINESS INDEX 415,155 people booked flights with Fly Thomas Cook between May and October 2010, these are the top 5 destinations from the list below. Based on the number of positive words used in status messages, Facebook has created a happiness index. CANARY ISLANDS 73,436 Christmas, New Year's Eve and Valentine's Day are amongst the happiest days. February 14th 2010, December 25th 2010 and December 31st 2010 - Mainland Spain, . Portugal, United Kingdom In the UK, Britons were the happiest on May 23rd 2010, when the temperature soared past the 20 degree Celsius mark and on December 12th when Matt Cardle won the popular X-Factor talent show. GREECE • Canary Islands . Cyprus . Greece Turkey May 23rd 2010 and December 12th 2010 United States . Egypt . North Africa . Other European - Dominican Republic • Cuba - North America Western Long Haul . Eastern Long Haul U.S. was over twice as happy as the average Wednesday when celebrating the election of President Barack Obama. CYPRUS November 5th 2008 PRODUCED EGYPT *** THOMAS COOK Sources: Happy Planet index, World Happiness Database, UNdata, Telegraph, Family CHLEGATTOR FLY THOM Number of passengers by destination, Fly Thomas Cook, May - October 2010. Health Guide, Facebook. flythomascook.com Little fares from the big travel company ICELAND MOROCCO BRAZIL CHINA TURKEY ZN OK.O 2011 COOK Sunshine Happiness MEASURING HAPPINESS IS QUITE THE CONUNDRUM. The World Happiness Database cross-references happiness with life expectancy to measure "happy life years" and the Happy Planet Index cross-references both of these with environmental sustainability. HOW ABOUTADDING SUNSHINE TO THE MIX? Below see the relationship between sunshine, life expectancy and satisfaction across the world. GRAPHIC KEY Life Expectancy Average Hours of+ Annual Sunshine Life Satisfaction SAFRICA CANADA BULGARIA AUSTRALIA INDIA SWEDEN TURKEY USA EGYPT UK JAPAN G ERMANY GREECE CYPRUS FRANCE ARGENTINA ITALY WORLD DATABASE OF HAPPINESS HAPPY PLANET INDEX Key The World Database of Happiness is a collection of findings on happiness in the sense of 'the subjective enjoyment of one's life as-a-whole. The Happy Planet Index combines environmental impact with human well-being to measure the environmental efficiency with which, country by country, people live long and happy lives. TURKEY E BENEFITS OF SUNSHINE HAPPINESS FACTS & SPECULATION N FEEL GOOD FACTOR - The effect of marriage or a long-term partnerships on Life expectancy adds more years than giving up smoking! With the sun shining we feel more energetic and our mood improves as the sun helps our bodies produce endorphins along with the feel-good neurotransmitter, serotonin. MEN 7 YEARS WOMEN 4 YEARS NATURAL MEDICAL KIT Sun is a great source of vitamin D. It's vital for bone and muscle health and also supports our immune system. 5 minutes sunshine a day is sufficient for most people. Having 100-200 belly laughs a day can burn up to 500 calories. The equivelant of 45 minutes on a treadmill! DETOX IN THE SUN Light therapy is sometimes used for jaundice. This is because natural spectrum light helps the liver to function better and clear away toxins from our bodies. • People who rate highly for happiness in psychological tests develop about 50% more antibodies than average. 50% LINING YOUR POCKET Strange but true. "Sunshine is strongly positively correlated with daily stock returns" says David Hirshliefer, Ph.D of Fisher College of Business. 1 20 minutes of exercise, 3 days a week for 6 months improves your feeling of happiness by 10-20%. RECHARGE THOSE BATTERIES 10% 20% Natural light during the day can increase production of the sleep inducing hormone melatonin at night encouraging sound sleep & good rest. Y TOP 5 TOURIST DESTINATIONS f FACEBOOK HAPPINESS INDEX 415,155 people booked flights with Fly Thomas Cook between May and October 2010, these are the top 5 destinations from the list below. Based on the number of positive words used in status messages, Facebook has created a happiness index. CANARY ISLANDS 73,436 Christmas, New Year's Eve and Valentine's Day are amongst the happiest days. February 14th 2010, December 25th 2010 and December 31st 2010 - Mainland Spain, . Portugal, United Kingdom In the UK, Britons were the happiest on May 23rd 2010, when the temperature soared past the 20 degree Celsius mark and on December 12th when Matt Cardle won the popular X-Factor talent show. GREECE • Canary Islands . Cyprus . Greece Turkey May 23rd 2010 and December 12th 2010 United States . Egypt . North Africa . Other European - Dominican Republic • Cuba - North America Western Long Haul . Eastern Long Haul U.S. was over twice as happy as the average Wednesday when celebrating the election of President Barack Obama. CYPRUS November 5th 2008 PRODUCED EGYPT *** THOMAS COOK Sources: Happy Planet index, World Happiness Database, UNdata, Telegraph, Family CHLEGATTOR FLY THOM Number of passengers by destination, Fly Thomas Cook, May - October 2010. Health Guide, Facebook. flythomascook.com Little fares from the big travel company ICELAND MOROCCO BRAZIL CHINA TURKEY ZN OK.O 2011 COOK Sunshine Happiness MEASURING HAPPINESS IS QUITE THE CONUNDRUM. The World Happiness Database cross-references happiness with life expectancy to measure "happy life years" and the Happy Planet Index cross-references both of these with environmental sustainability. HOW ABOUTADDING SUNSHINE TO THE MIX? Below see the relationship between sunshine, life expectancy and satisfaction across the world. GRAPHIC KEY Life Expectancy Average Hours of+ Annual Sunshine Life Satisfaction SAFRICA CANADA BULGARIA AUSTRALIA INDIA SWEDEN TURKEY USA EGYPT UK JAPAN G ERMANY GREECE CYPRUS FRANCE ARGENTINA ITALY WORLD DATABASE OF HAPPINESS HAPPY PLANET INDEX Key The World Database of Happiness is a collection of findings on happiness in the sense of 'the subjective enjoyment of one's life as-a-whole. The Happy Planet Index combines environmental impact with human well-being to measure the environmental efficiency with which, country by country, people live long and happy lives. TURKEY E BENEFITS OF SUNSHINE HAPPINESS FACTS & SPECULATION N FEEL GOOD FACTOR - The effect of marriage or a long-term partnerships on Life expectancy adds more years than giving up smoking! With the sun shining we feel more energetic and our mood improves as the sun helps our bodies produce endorphins along with the feel-good neurotransmitter, serotonin. MEN 7 YEARS WOMEN 4 YEARS NATURAL MEDICAL KIT Sun is a great source of vitamin D. It's vital for bone and muscle health and also supports our immune system. 5 minutes sunshine a day is sufficient for most people. Having 100-200 belly laughs a day can burn up to 500 calories. The equivelant of 45 minutes on a treadmill! DETOX IN THE SUN Light therapy is sometimes used for jaundice. This is because natural spectrum light helps the liver to function better and clear away toxins from our bodies. • People who rate highly for happiness in psychological tests develop about 50% more antibodies than average. 50% LINING YOUR POCKET Strange but true. "Sunshine is strongly positively correlated with daily stock returns" says David Hirshliefer, Ph.D of Fisher College of Business. 1 20 minutes of exercise, 3 days a week for 6 months improves your feeling of happiness by 10-20%. RECHARGE THOSE BATTERIES 10% 20% Natural light during the day can increase production of the sleep inducing hormone melatonin at night encouraging sound sleep & good rest. Y TOP 5 TOURIST DESTINATIONS f FACEBOOK HAPPINESS INDEX 415,155 people booked flights with Fly Thomas Cook between May and October 2010, these are the top 5 destinations from the list below. Based on the number of positive words used in status messages, Facebook has created a happiness index. CANARY ISLANDS 73,436 Christmas, New Year's Eve and Valentine's Day are amongst the happiest days. February 14th 2010, December 25th 2010 and December 31st 2010 - Mainland Spain, . Portugal, United Kingdom In the UK, Britons were the happiest on May 23rd 2010, when the temperature soared past the 20 degree Celsius mark and on December 12th when Matt Cardle won the popular X-Factor talent show. GREECE • Canary Islands . Cyprus . Greece Turkey May 23rd 2010 and December 12th 2010 United States . Egypt . North Africa . Other European - Dominican Republic • Cuba - North America Western Long Haul . Eastern Long Haul U.S. was over twice as happy as the average Wednesday when celebrating the election of President Barack Obama. CYPRUS November 5th 2008 PRODUCED EGYPT *** THOMAS COOK Sources: Happy Planet index, World Happiness Database, UNdata, Telegraph, Family CHLEGATTOR FLY THOM Number of passengers by destination, Fly Thomas Cook, May - October 2010. Health Guide, Facebook. flythomascook.com Little fares from the big travel company ICELAND MOROCCO BRAZIL CHINA TURKEY ZN OK.O 2011 COOK Sunshine Happiness MEASURING HAPPINESS IS QUITE THE CONUNDRUM. The World Happiness Database cross-references happiness with life expectancy to measure "happy life years" and the Happy Planet Index cross-references both of these with environmental sustainability. HOW ABOUTADDING SUNSHINE TO THE MIX? Below see the relationship between sunshine, life expectancy and satisfaction across the world. GRAPHIC KEY Life Expectancy Average Hours of+ Annual Sunshine Life Satisfaction SAFRICA CANADA BULGARIA AUSTRALIA INDIA SWEDEN TURKEY USA EGYPT UK JAPAN G ERMANY GREECE CYPRUS FRANCE ARGENTINA ITALY WORLD DATABASE OF HAPPINESS HAPPY PLANET INDEX Key The World Database of Happiness is a collection of findings on happiness in the sense of 'the subjective enjoyment of one's life as-a-whole. The Happy Planet Index combines environmental impact with human well-being to measure the environmental efficiency with which, country by country, people live long and happy lives. TURKEY E BENEFITS OF SUNSHINE HAPPINESS FACTS & SPECULATION N FEEL GOOD FACTOR - The effect of marriage or a long-term partnerships on Life expectancy adds more years than giving up smoking! With the sun shining we feel more energetic and our mood improves as the sun helps our bodies produce endorphins along with the feel-good neurotransmitter, serotonin. MEN 7 YEARS WOMEN 4 YEARS NATURAL MEDICAL KIT Sun is a great source of vitamin D. It's vital for bone and muscle health and also supports our immune system. 5 minutes sunshine a day is sufficient for most people. Having 100-200 belly laughs a day can burn up to 500 calories. The equivelant of 45 minutes on a treadmill! DETOX IN THE SUN Light therapy is sometimes used for jaundice. This is because natural spectrum light helps the liver to function better and clear away toxins from our bodies. • People who rate highly for happiness in psychological tests develop about 50% more antibodies than average. 50% LINING YOUR POCKET Strange but true. "Sunshine is strongly positively correlated with daily stock returns" says David Hirshliefer, Ph.D of Fisher College of Business. 1 20 minutes of exercise, 3 days a week for 6 months improves your feeling of happiness by 10-20%. RECHARGE THOSE BATTERIES 10% 20% Natural light during the day can increase production of the sleep inducing hormone melatonin at night encouraging sound sleep & good rest. Y TOP 5 TOURIST DESTINATIONS f FACEBOOK HAPPINESS INDEX 415,155 people booked flights with Fly Thomas Cook between May and October 2010, these are the top 5 destinations from the list below. Based on the number of positive words used in status messages, Facebook has created a happiness index. CANARY ISLANDS 73,436 Christmas, New Year's Eve and Valentine's Day are amongst the happiest days. February 14th 2010, December 25th 2010 and December 31st 2010 - Mainland Spain, . Portugal, United Kingdom In the UK, Britons were the happiest on May 23rd 2010, when the temperature soared past the 20 degree Celsius mark and on December 12th when Matt Cardle won the popular X-Factor talent show. GREECE • Canary Islands . Cyprus . Greece Turkey May 23rd 2010 and December 12th 2010 United States . Egypt . North Africa . Other European - Dominican Republic • Cuba - North America Western Long Haul . Eastern Long Haul U.S. was over twice as happy as the average Wednesday when celebrating the election of President Barack Obama. CYPRUS November 5th 2008 PRODUCED EGYPT *** THOMAS COOK Sources: Happy Planet index, World Happiness Database, UNdata, Telegraph, Family CHLEGATTOR FLY THOM Number of passengers by destination, Fly Thomas Cook, May - October 2010. Health Guide, Facebook. flythomascook.com Little fares from the big travel company ICELAND MOROCCO BRAZIL CHINA TURKEY ZN OK.O 2011