Perhaps it is not the news that hen-pecked husbands would want to hear.
But scientists believe that a daily trip to the shops could help you live longer.
A 10-year study of almost 2,000 people found that those who went to the shops more or less every day were about a quarter less likely to die over that period than the average person.
Researchers believe this could be because shopping is a convenient, enjoyable and sociable way of getting exercise.
They looked at the shopping habits of 1,850 people aged 65 and over, living at home without support, who had taken part in a national health survey.
Of those, 17 per cent shopped every day, 22 per cent between two and four times a week, 13 per cent once a week, and 48 per cent even less frequently.
Those who shopped daily were 27 per cent less likely than average to die over the study period, from 1999 to 2008.
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