The positive impact hugging can have on your health and wellbeing

As the prime minister looks set to permit loved ones to hug each other from next week, Prudence Wade explores the psychological and physiological benefits of hugging

The Office For National Statistics gathered data from April 3 to May 3, 2020 – during the first lockdown – and 30.9% of people said ‘their wellbeing had been affected through feeling lonely in the past seven days’.

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