Chapter 1
Collins, Nick. “Early Risers Get Ahead of the Game.” Telegraph. September 15, 2011. Available online at: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/8763618/Early-risers-get-ahead-of-the-game.html
El Issa, Erin. “2017 American Household Credit Card Debt Survey.” Nerd Wallet. Available online at: www.nerdwallet.com/blog/average-credit-card-debt-household
Lubin, Gus, and Gillett, Rachel. “21 Successful People Who Wake Up Incredibly Early.” Business Insider. April 27, 2016. Available online at: www.businessinsider.com/successful-people-who-wake-up-really-early-2016-4#twitter-and-square-ceo-jack-dorsey-wakes-up-before-dawn-
Randler, Christopher. “Proactive People Are Morning People.” Journal of Applied Social Psychology 39, no. 12 (December 9, 2009): 2787–2797. Available online at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00549.x/abstract
Rauh, Sherry. “Is Fat the New Normal?” WebMD. June 2010. Available online at: www.webmd.com/diet/obesity/features/is-fat-the-new-normal#1
Smith, Michael. “APSS: Early Risers Tend to Score Higher Grades.” MedPage Today. June 10, 2008. Available online at: www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/apss/9772
“State of the Global Workplace.” Gallup. (2017). Available online at: news.gallup.com/reports/220313/state-global-workplace-2017.aspx#formheader
“Survey Finds Nearly Three-Quarters (72%) of Americans Feel Lonely.” American Osteopathic Association press release. October 2016. Available online at: www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/survey-finds-nearly-three-quarters-72-of-americans-feel-lonely-300342742.html
Whiteman, Honor. “Poor Sleep Habits Increase Weight Gain for Adults with Genetic Obesity Risk.” MedicalNewsToday. March 3, 2017. Available online at: www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/316186.php
Chapter 2
“Americans Are Tired Most of the Week.” YouGov. Available online at: www.statista.com/chart/3534/americans-are-tired-most-of-the-week
“Cancer Facts and Figures 2017.” American Cancer Society. Available online at: www.cancer.org/content/dam/cancer-org/research/cancer-facts-and-statistics/annual-cancer-facts-and-figures/2017/cancer-facts-and-figures-2017.pdf
Carr, Theresa. “Too Many Meds? America’s Love Affair with Prescription Medication.” Consumer Reports. August 3, 2017. Available online at: www.consumerreports.org/prescription-drugs/too-many-meds-americas-love-affair-with-prescription-medication/#nation
Jacoby, Sarah. “Here’s What the Divorce Rate Actually Means.” Refinery29. February 2, 2017. Available online at: www.refinery29.com/2017/01/137440/divorce-rate-in-america-statistics
LaMagna, Maria. “Americans Now Have the Highest Credit Card Debt in U.S. History.” MarketWatch. August 8, 2017. Available online at https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-households-will-soon-have-as-much-debt-as-they-had-in-2008-2017-04-03
“Median Age of the Resident Population of the United States from 1960 to 2016.” Statista. Available online at: www.statista.com/statistics/241494/median-age-of-the-us-population
“Report: How Satisfied Are U.S. Workers with Their Salaries?” Indeed (blog). January 25, 2018. Available online at: blog.indeed.com/2018/01/25/salary-report
Chapter 3
Abrams, Abigail. “Divorce Rate in U.S. Drops to Nearly 40-Year Low.” Time. December 5, 2016. Available online at: time.com/4575495/divorce-rate-nearly-40-year-low
“Cancer Facts and Figures 2017.” American Cancer Society. Available online at: www.cancer.org/content/dam/cancer-org/research/cancer-facts-and-statistics/annual-cancer-facts-and-figures/2017/cancer-facts-and-figures-2017.pdf
Elkins, Kathleen. “Here’s How Much the Average American Family Has Saved for Retirement.” CNBC. September 12, 2016. Available online at: www.cnbc.com/2016/09/12/heres-how-much-the-average-american-family-has-saved-for-retirement.html
Kantor, Elizabeth D., et al. “Trends in Prescription Drug Use among Adults in the United States from 1999–2012.” JAMA 314, no. 17 (2015): 1818–1831. Available online at: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26529160
Mitchell, Nia, et al. “Obesity: Overview of an Epidemic.” Psychiatric Clinics of North America 34, no. 4 (2011): 717–732. Available online at: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3228640
Poushter, Jacob. “Worldwide, People Divided on Whether Life Today Is Better Than in the Past.” Pew Research Center, Global Attitudes and Trends. December 5, 2017. Available online at: www.pewglobal.org/2017/12/05/worldwide-people-divided-on-whether-life-today-is-better-than-in-the-past
Chapter 4
Bucklan, Erinn. “Is the Snooze Button Bad for You?” CNN. February 7, 2014. Available online at: edition.cnn.com/2014/02/06/health/upwave-snooze-button
DiGuilio, Sarah. “How What You Eat Affects Sleep.” NBCNews.com. October 19, 2017. Available online at: www.nbcnews.com/better/health/how-what-you-eat-affects-how-you-sleep-ncna805256
“Effect of Short Sleep Duration on Daily Activities—United States, 2005–2008.” Centers for Disease Control Weekly 60, no. 8 (March 4, 2011): 239–242. Available online at: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6008a3.htm
Léger, Damien; Beck, François; Richard, Jean-Baptiste; Sauvet, Fabien; and Faraut, Brice. “The Risks of Sleeping ‘Too Much’: Survey of a National Representative Sample of 24671 Adults (INPES Health Barometer).” Plos One 9, no. 9 (2014): e106950. Available online at: journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0106950
Chapter 5
Achten, J. and Jeukendrup, A. E. “Optimizing Fat Oxidation Through Exercise and Diet.” Nutrition 20, no. 7–8 (Jul–Aug 2004): 716–727. Available online at: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15212756
Marshall, Mallika. “The Big Benefits of Plain Water.” Harvard Health Blog. May 26, 2016. Available online at: www.health.harvard.edu/blog/big-benefits-plain-water-201605269675
Chapter 6
Creswell, J. David; Dutcher, Janine M.; Klein, William M. P.; Harris, Peter R.; and Levine, John M. “Self-Affirmation Improves Problem-Solving under Stress.” Plos One (May 1, 2013). Available online: journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0062593
Ketler, Alanna. “Scientific Studies Show How Writing in a Journal Can Actually Benefit Your Emotional and Physical Well-Being.” Collective Evolution. January 23, 2017. Available online at: www.collective-evolution.com/2017/01/23/scientific-studies-show-how-writing-in-a-journal-can-actually-benefit-your-emotional-physical-well-being
Lindsay, Emily K., and Creswell, J. David. “Helping the Self Help Others: Self-Affirmation Increases Self-Compassion and Pro-Social Behaviors.” Frontiers in Psychology 5 (2014): 421. Available online at: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4026714
“Meditation Benefits.” American Meditation Society. Available online at: americanmeditationsociety.org/meditation/benefits
Oppong, Thomas. “The Creative Brain on Silence (How Solitude Inspires Creativity).” Medium. March 2, 2018. Available online at: medium.com/@alltopstartups/the-creative-brain-on-silence-how-solitude-inspires-creativity-145f7fec907f
Ranganathan, V. K.; Siemionow, V.; Liu, J. Z.; Sahgal, V.; and Yue, G. H. “From Mental Power to Muscle Power: Gaining Strength by Using the Mind.” Neuropsychologia 42, no. 7 (2017): 944–956. Available online at: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14998709
Reynolds, Gretchen. “Yoga May Be Good for the Brain.” New York Times. June 1, 2016. Available online at: well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/01/yoga-may-be-good-for-the-brain
“Transcendental Meditation: Oprah and Other Celebs Who Embrace the Practice.” Huffington Post. March 26, 2012. Available online at: www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/26/transcendental-meditation-oprah-winfrey_n_1379001.html
Chapter 8
Chance, Zoe; Gorlin, Margarita; and Dhar, Ravi. “Why Choosing Healthy Foods Is Hard, and How to Help: Presenting the 4Ps Framework for Behavior Change.” Customer Needs and Solutions 1 (September 12, 2014): 253–262. Available online at: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40547-014-0025-9
“The Best Diet: Quality Counts.” Nutrition Source. Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Available online at: www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-weight/best-diet-quality-counts
Chapter 9
“How Long Does It Take for Something to Become a Habit?” Examined Existence. Available online at: examinedexistence.com/how-long-does-it-take-for-something-to-become-a-habit