{"id":149938,"date":"2022-04-17T14:24:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T18:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=149938"},"modified":"2022-09-20T15:20:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T19:20:41","slug":"showering-daily-is-it-necessary-in-this-water-scarce-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/showering-daily-is-it-necessary-in-this-water-scarce-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Showering daily \u2014 is it necessary in this water-scarce country?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Robert H. Shmerling, MD, Senior Faculty Editor, Harvard Health Publishing<\/p>

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Do you shower or bathe daily? If you do, you\u2019re not alone.<\/p>\n

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Approximately two-thirds of Americans shower daily. In Australia it\u2019s over 80%. But in China, about half of people report bathing only twice a week.<\/p>

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In the US, the daily shower tends to start around puberty and becomes lifelong. But have you ever stopped to ask yourself why?<\/p>

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Perhaps your answer is: \u201cbecause it\u2019s healthier than showering less often.\u201d Think again. For many \u2014 perhaps most \u2014 the daily shower is more about habit and societal norms than health. Perhaps that\u2019s why the frequency of bathing or showering varies so much from country to country power shower<\/a><\/p>\n

Are there reasons to shower every day?<\/h2>\n

Besides considering it healthier, people may choose to shower daily for a number of reasons, including:<\/p>

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