Cognitive Ability and Self-Control in Relation to Healthy Habits in Fitness Crowd

The positive relationship between individuals' health and cognitive ability is well documented. However, the reason why this relationship exists remains largely unexplored. This paper uses a survey to collect the data from a Chinese gym to examine the relationship between health-related behaviors and cognitive ability by considering self-control as a mediator. The results show that there is a positive correlation between cognitive ability and health-related behaviors, while self-control does not seem to mediate the relationship. Moreover, the data shows that individuals' cognitive ability, self-control and age are three independent predictors of health-related behaviors. Further research is suggested to look into this link by employing different methodology and subjects and measuring health status at the same time.