Performance Nutrition Digest

Performance Nutrition Digest

How long does it take to form a habit? 🧠

Does the 21-day rule hold true?

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Tom Coughlin
Dec 19, 2024
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Time to Form a Habit: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Health Behaviour Habit Formation and Its Determinants

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A popular belief is that it takes 21-days to form a new habit, but what does the science say? 🧐

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