GET HITCHED

Numerous studies have found that married couples are healthier than singletons, including one in 2014 that suggests wedded bliss gave people a 5 per cent lower risk of cardiovascular disease compared with single and divorced people, and a 3 per cent lower risk compared with widowed people.

“A partner can encourage you to move more, watch what you eat, see a health professional on a regular basis, things like that,” said the report’s co-author, Dr Jeffrey Berger of NYU Langone.

Unmarried blokes needn’t worry too much, though: research conducted by Stanford University this year found that even a hearty bromance could extend a man’s life.