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Applying a propensity score-based causal inference approach, we examined bidirectional prospective associations between loneliness and health behaviors, comprising alcohol use, body mass index (BMI), smoking, and physical exercise.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0033291726105029_sec3\" sec-type=\"results\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Loneliness in adolescence was associated with lowered physical exercise (mean difference: \u221214.13\u00a0minutes\/week, 95% CI: \u221226.54 to \u22121.72), and loneliness during young adulthood was linked to increased BMI (0.37 points, 0.12\u20130.63). In the reverse direction, moderate alcohol use (\u22120.07 SD, \u22120.13 to \u22120.01 and\u00a0\u2212\u00a00.19 SD, \u22120.33 to \u22120.05), smoking (\u22120.12 SD, \u22120.23 to \u22120.01), and moderate physical exercise (\u22120.16 SD, \u22120.26 to \u22120.07 and\u00a0\u2212\u00a00.07 SD, \u22120.14 to \u22120.01) during adolescence and emerging adulthood were linked to reduced loneliness. All other associations were consistent with a null effect.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0033291726105029_sec4\" sec-type=\"conclusions\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our results provide limited support for the causal effects of loneliness on health behaviors across the first half of life. By contrast, findings in the reverse direction suggest that health behaviors in young people \u2013 whether health-promoting or risky \u2013 are socially embedded and may facilitate socializing. 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