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Not smoking, exercising, moderate drinking and eating veggies could add 14 years, study says
People with four healthy lifestyle behaviors -- not smoking, physical
activity, moderate alcohol consumption, and eating five servings of
fruit or vegetables a day -- live an average of 14 years longer than
people with none of those behaviors, a new British study contends.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge and the Medical Research
Council looked at 20,000 men and women, aged 45-79, who filled out a
questionnaire about the four health behaviors.
For each of the four healthy lifestyle behaviors, a participant received one point.
After they factored in age, the researchers found that participants
with zero points were four times more likely to have died over an
average period of 11 years than those with four points.
In addition, the study authors concluded that participants with a
score of zero had the same risk of dying as someone 14 years older with
a score of four. This was independent of body-mass index (BMI) and
social class.
What health behaviors do you think make the most impact on longevity?
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