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Health
John Elder

The long and short of making a new habit ingrained behaviour

For healthcare workers it takes an average "few weeks" to develop a hand-washing habit, a new study finds. Photo: Getty

You may have heard that it takes just 21 days to make a new habit stick.

Where did this idea come from? And is it true?

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