Want to live 7 years longer? Avoid smoking, drinking and being overweight
7 years, 8 months ago

Want to live 7 years longer? Avoid smoking, drinking and being overweight

Hindustan Times  

A healthy lifestyle has many benefits - it helps you improve self-control and decrease risk of dementia, among other diseases. Now, reseachers say that people who do not smoke, consume alcohol moderately and maintain a healthy weight may live up to seven years longer than the general population, and spend most of these extra years in good health, a study has found. Researchers analysed data for more than 14,000 individuals and found that never-smokers who were not obese lived 4-5 years longer than the general population, and that these extra years were free of disability. Myrskyla and colleagues instead examined several behaviours simultaneously, which allowed them to determine how long and healthy the lives of people who had avoided most of the well- known individual behavioural risk factors were. Those who avoid risky health behaviours are achieving very long and healthy lives,” said Myrskyla.

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10 Everyday Habits That Are Harming Your Longevity The Most
1 week ago

10 Everyday Habits That Are Harming Your Longevity The Most

Huff Post  

Hinterhaus Productions via Getty Images Taking unnecessary medications, letting stress go unmanaged and not planning for your older age are all habits that chip away at a long and healthy life span. “Exercise is amazing — being able to put exercise in a pill form would take a lot of health care providers out of business, because it really is …

The science and art of aging
3 weeks, 6 days ago

The science and art of aging

The Hindu  

“As a species we accept our inevitable decay decline and death; I want to argue that the opposite should be true.” – Bryan Johnson, bio hacker, founder, Project Blueprint. Thus, the identification of genetic factors that affect human longevity is a true challenge.” Undeniably, there are people who have hit the jackpot as far as genes go, and have inherited …

Can you live to be 100? Prof. Shitij Kapur reveals lifestyle hacks for longevity
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2 months ago

Can you live to be 100? Prof. Shitij Kapur reveals lifestyle hacks for longevity

India Today  

In an exclusive conversation with India Today, world-renowned doctor, Professor Shitij Kapur busts myths around longevity and points to the importance of lifestyle in improving outcomes. The things that dramatically change life expectancy through medical interventions are really public health interventions, said Pro Shitij Kapur. The second thing that's becoming clear is that spending more and more money on precision …

Can you live to be 100? Prof. Shitij Kapur reveals lifestyle hacks for longevity
Trending News
2 months ago

Can you live to be 100? Prof. Shitij Kapur reveals lifestyle hacks for longevity

India Today  

In an exclusive conversation with India Today, world-renowned doctor, Professor Shitij Kapur busts myths around longevity and points to the importance of lifestyle in improving outcomes. The things that dramatically change life expectancy through medical interventions are really public health interventions, said Pro Shitij Kapur. The second thing that's becoming clear is that spending more and more money on precision …

We must extend health span, not just life span
3 months, 1 week ago

We must extend health span, not just life span

New Indian Express  

All parents fondly wish that their children grow to enjoy a full and fulfilling life. The 20th century saw a marked rise in human life expectancy globally, despite world wars and a host of infectious diseases. However, even a ‘cured’ disease often left behind disabilities that detracted from fulsome functionality and impaired the quality of life, increased dependency on others …

People are living longer, but are they well? Study reveals the hidden cost of longevity of human health
3 months, 2 weeks ago

People are living longer, but are they well? Study reveals the hidden cost of longevity of human health

Hindustan Times  

Lifespan increased substantially with the advancement in the medical field and health care. While people are living longer, they are spending more of those additional years in poor health. Women generally live longer than men, but they often spend more of those extra years in poor health. Worldwide, the gap between lifespan and health span is 2.4 years wider for …

Debating the ‘healthy longevity initiative’
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Debating the ‘healthy longevity initiative’

The Hindu  

Once in a while, the World Bank publishes a visionary and profound report on an important aspect of human well being. If LMICs can achieve ambitious yet feasible rates of progress, the world could avert 25 million deaths annually by 2050, effectively halving avoidable deaths and meeting the related Sustainable Development Goals. India’s elderly population, disease concerns The older population …

10 Everyday Habits That Are Harming Your Longevity The Most
8 months, 1 week ago

10 Everyday Habits That Are Harming Your Longevity The Most

Huff Post  

Hinterhaus Productions via Getty Images Taking unnecessary medications, letting stress go unmanaged and not planning for your older age are all habits that chip away at a long and healthy life span. “Exercise is amazing — being able to put exercise in a pill form would take a lot of health care providers out of business, because it really is …

Vast study shows healthy living could prolong the lives of some by five years
11 months ago

Vast study shows healthy living could prolong the lives of some by five years

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Healthy living …

New Study Reveals These 8 Habits Can Add 20-Plus Years To Your Life
1 year, 7 months ago

New Study Reveals These 8 Habits Can Add 20-Plus Years To Your Life

Huff Post  

FG Trade via Getty Images Exercising, not smoking and having good social relationships are among the behaviors that can help keep you alive longer. Here are the eight factors: Exercising Good social relationships Good sleep hygiene Not binge drinking Following a healthy diet No history of smoking Maintaining minimal stress Not developing an addiction to opioids The study found that …

Longevity boosters: 8 healthy habits that can add decades to your life, as per researchers
1 year, 8 months ago

Longevity boosters: 8 healthy habits that can add decades to your life, as per researchers

Hindustan Times  

It's never too late to take steps to life a longer and healthier life. A series of lifestyle changes can add decades to your life even if you adopt these healthy habits at the age of 50 or 60 years. A new observational study that covered around 700,000 US veterans aged from 40-99 who were enrolled in the Veterans Affairs’ …

US study reveals eight habits that lengthen your life by up to 24 YEARS
1 year, 8 months ago

US study reveals eight habits that lengthen your life by up to 24 YEARS

Daily Mail  

Adopting eight healthy habits in middle age could lengthen your life by decades. A major US study looked at eight important habits of a healthy lifestyle, including not smoking, having a good diet, sleeping well and managing stress. How to lengthen your life by decades Being physically active — more than around 30 minutes a day of moderate to vigorous …

Daily activities that can reduce risk of chronic diseases
2 years, 7 months ago

Daily activities that can reduce risk of chronic diseases

Hindustan Times  

Chronic illnesses popularly referred to as lifestyle diseases are often caused by people's faulty lifestyle choices. Not able to give up smoking, unhealthy eating habits, a job that requires one to continuously sit for 9-10 hours, screen addiction that ends up making a person lose precious hours of quality sleep all contribute to making you susceptible for chronic diseases and …

Are middle-aged people more unhealthy than ever? 英国中年人健康状况是否不如以往？
3 years, 7 months ago

Are middle-aged people more unhealthy than ever? 英国中年人健康状况是否不如以往？

China Daily  

Are middle-aged people more unhealthy than ever? 英国中年人健康状况是否不如以往？ Play audio file 一项研究发现，大约三分之一的英国中年人有多种健康问题，如慢性背痛、心理健康状况不佳和高血压。 The findings come from nearly 8,000 adults taking part in the 1970 British cohort study that spans more than 50 years of life. 这些调查结果来自对近8000名成年人的研究，他们参与了1970年英国的一项定群研究，幅度跨越了他们人生的50余年。 Around one-in-three of this group of people aged 46 to 48 had two or more chronic health conditions – that includes issues such as …

Japan's Average Life Expectancy is 84 Years and it May Be Linked to Their Food Habits: Report
4 years, 2 months ago

Japan's Average Life Expectancy is 84 Years and it May Be Linked to Their Food Habits: Report

News 18  

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report, the average life expectancy in Japan is 84 years, while it is 72.6 for the rest of the world population. On January 2, 2021, Japan’s Tanaka Kane officially became the third person ever to reach an unbeaten 118 years. A study published in 2016 by the National Centre for Global …

Five healthy lifestyle habits to follow for a longer life
5 years, 2 months ago

Five healthy lifestyle habits to follow for a longer life

Hindustan Times  

In a good news to middle-aged people, researchers have found that maintaining five healthy habits may increase years lived free of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Women who practiced four-five healthy habits at age 50 lived an average of 34.4 more years free of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer, compared with 23.7 healthy years among women who practiced …

Giving up smoking, staying slim and exercising 'gives you 10 extra years of healthy life'
5 years, 2 months ago

Giving up smoking, staying slim and exercising 'gives you 10 extra years of healthy life'

Daily Mail  

Healthy habits like regular exercise, healthy eating and not smoking or drinking may give you a decade of extra healthy life, a study has found. Scientists said women could extend their healthy life expectancy – before conditions like cancer, heart disease or diabetes start to set in – by as much as 10 years. Not getting enough exercise was one …

30-year Rotterdam study shows healthy people really do live longer
6 years, 1 month ago

30-year Rotterdam study shows healthy people really do live longer

Dutch News  

A 30-year study by the Erasmus Medical Centre among some 9,000 Rotterdammers has found that nine out of 10 people over 45 will develop one or more non-communicable diseases such as stroke, diabetes, COPD, cancer or dementia. The findings show that people with a healthy lifestyle live on average six years longer than people who smoke, are overweight and have …

30-year Rotterdam study shows healthy people really do live longer
6 years, 1 month ago

30-year Rotterdam study shows healthy people really do live longer

Dutch News  

A 30-year study by the Erasmus Medical Centre among some 9,000 Rotterdammers has found that nine out of 10 people over 45 will develop one or more non-communicable diseases such as stroke, diabetes, COPD, cancer or dementia. The findings show that people with a healthy lifestyle live on average six years longer than people who smoke, are overweight and have …

People with healthy lifestyles live 6 years longer: Rotterdam Study
6 years, 1 month ago

People with healthy lifestyles live 6 years longer: Rotterdam Study

NL Times  

People with a healthy lifestyle - who don't smoke, are not overweight, and have healthy blood pressure - on average live six years longer than people with a more unhealthy lifestyle, according to the interim results of a long-term Rotterdam population study, NOS reports. In the Rotterdam Study, the researchers looked at the diseases that, according to the World Health …

Follow these 5 healthy habits to increase your life expectancy
6 years, 10 months ago

Follow these 5 healthy habits to increase your life expectancy

India TV News  

Following five healthy lifestyle habits during adulthood - eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, keeping a healthy body weight, not drinking too much alcohol, and not smoking - may increase life expectancy by a decade or more, suggests a study. The researchers looked at how five low-risk lifestyle factors--not smoking, low body mass index, at least 30 minutes or more …

These five healthy habits could extend your life by a dozen years or more, study says
6 years, 11 months ago

These five healthy habits could extend your life by a dozen years or more, study says

LA Times  

People work out at a Cross-Fit class in Los Angeles. Men and women who were 5-for-5 on the lifestyle factors were 74% less likely to die during the study period than their counterparts who were 0-for-5. Compared to this group, people who smoked at least 25 cigarettes per day were nearly three times more likely to die of cancer, cardiovascular …

5 ways to extend your life expectancy by a decade
6 years, 11 months ago

5 ways to extend your life expectancy by a decade

CNN  

Story highlights Study says five healthy habits reduce risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer They are eating healthy, exercising, keeping a healthy BMI, not smoking and not drinking too much CNN — Want to prolong your life expectancy by more than a decade? Adhering to those five lifestyle factors at age 50, compared with not adhering to any of them, …

Countries where people live the longest
7 years, 7 months ago

Countries where people live the longest

BBC  

Five countries where people live the longest Skye Hohmann/Alamy Active social circles among the elderly and a nutritious local diet contribute to Japan’s high life expectancy In these countries, people live substantially longer than the worldwide average – and each place has its own secret source of vitality. It’s key to integrating deeper in the local society and living a …

Small diet changes may prolong life: study
7 years, 8 months ago

Small diet changes may prolong life: study

China Daily  

Study finds that consuming more whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and fatty fish may boost one's chances of living longer. It's hard to eat right all the time, but making small improvements by choosing healthier foods now and then may significantly boost one's chances of living longer, says a US study. Researchers at Harvard University tracked dietary changes in a population …

Small diet changes may prolong life: study
7 years, 8 months ago

Small diet changes may prolong life: study

China Daily  

Study finds that consuming more whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and fatty fish may boost one's chances of living longer. It's hard to eat right all the time, but making small improvements by choosing healthier foods now and then may significantly boost one's chances of living longer, says a US study. Researchers at Harvard University tracked dietary changes in a population …

Small diet changes may prolong life: study
7 years, 8 months ago

Small diet changes may prolong life: study

China Daily  

Study finds that consuming more whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and fatty fish may boost one's chances of living longer. It's hard to eat right all the time, but making small improvements by choosing healthier foods now and then may significantly boost one's chances of living longer, says a US study. Researchers at Harvard University tracked dietary changes in a population …

Small diet changes may prolong life: study
7 years, 8 months ago

Small diet changes may prolong life: study

China Daily  

Study finds that consuming more whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and fatty fish may boost one's chances of living longer. It's hard to eat right all the time, but making small improvements by choosing healthier foods now and then may significantly boost one's chances of living longer, says a US study. Researchers at Harvard University tracked dietary changes in a population …

Humans have reached their lifespan limit, researchers say
8 years, 5 months ago

Humans have reached their lifespan limit, researchers say

CNN  

Story highlights New research suggests humans have reached their maximum lifespan While we're living longer than 100 years ago, the increase has recently reached a plateau CNN — Humans can only live so long and we’re reaching the natural biological limit, researchers say in a report published in Nature. In a statement released by the university, Vijg says that while …

How a night in with a glass of wine, Netflix and cigarettes could lead to early death
8 years, 7 months ago

How a night in with a glass of wine, Netflix and cigarettes could lead to early death

Daily Mail  

Sitting on the sofa watching a box set, with a glass of wine and cigarettes could take up to six years off your life, according to a new study. Professor Doug Manuel, of The University of Ottawa, and his team created an algorithm to analyze data from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and the Statistics Canada 2009-2010 Canadian Community …

The countries with the secret to long life
9 years, 3 months ago

The countries with the secret to long life

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Vital Signs is a monthly program bringing viewers health stories from around the world. “Part of that is the traditional Japanese diet,” says John Beard, director of Aging and Life-course at the World Health Organization. “Even if people take up a Mediterranean diet in older age, it can have health benefits,” says Beard. “Places like Monaco have a …

Long life isn't such a big riddle
12 years, 5 months ago

Long life isn't such a big riddle

China Daily  

There's little mystery about living longer. But there it is, Japan's life expectancy has declined to 79.44 for men and 85.90 for women, mainly because of disease or natural causes of death - and not the nuclear and tsunami disasters - while Hong Kong's men are expected to reach 80.5 and women now live to an expected 86.7 years old. …

Healthy living 'benefits over-75s'
12 years, 6 months ago

Healthy living 'benefits over-75s'

The Independent  

Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. …

Smoking can cut life span by 10 years, says Oxford study
15 years, 6 months ago

Smoking can cut life span by 10 years, says Oxford study

The Hindu  

Middle-aged male smokers with high blood pressure and raised cholesterol levels may die 10-15 years sooner than peers without these risk factors. “We’ve shown that men at age 50 who smoke, have high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels can expect to survive to 74 years of age, while those who have none of these risk factors can expect to …

Four health changes can prolong life 14 years
17 years, 2 months ago

Four health changes can prolong life 14 years

China Daily  

Updated: 2008-01-08 22:58 LONDON -- People who drink moderately, exercise, quit smoking and eat five servings of fruit and vegetables each day live on average 14 years longer than people who adopt none of these behaviors, researchers said on Tuesday. "These results may provide further support for the idea that even small differences in lifestyle may make a big difference …

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