A study which started back in 1981 is now discovering that living a long, healthy life may rely more on other factors than just genes and luck. After all, we've heard from all kinds of centenarians about how to stretch mortality. Everyone has an opinion about how to do it. But after following over 2,000 senior citizens aged 72 (way back twenty years ago), they have found five behaviors to improve men's odds of reaching 90 and beyond.
Abstaining from smoking, watching your weight, and controlling blood pressure were among the factors needed. Also included were regular exercise (no surprise there) and avoiding diabetes. As one of the researchers states, the takeaway here is that we do have control over our longevity.
This may be news to some people who believed reaching old age was more reliant on genetic makeup. The study weighed other variables and factors to discover how likely these behaviors would improve (or diminish) the men's chances of living past 90 years of age. Having diabetes, for example, increased the risk of death by 86 percent. Obesity alone increased this mortality rate by over 40 percent. So, in the end we have more control than many people think! Read on for more information if you're curious about the other factors.
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5招儿包长寿
一项开始于1981年的研究表明，想活的久，活的健康，更多的要依赖其他因素，而不是仅靠基因和运气。我们听过许多
百岁老人讲述如何使寿命延长，他们各抒己见。但经过询问逾2000位72岁以上的老人（早在20年前）表明五个行为能增加人们活到90岁及以上的几率。
其中不抽烟，关注自身体重，控制血压是必须要素。同时还有经常锻炼（不足为奇了）和避免糖尿病。正如其中一位研究员所说，我们对控制寿命有了主动性。
这对于那些相信长寿靠遗传化妆品人而言可能还是新闻。这项研究权衡了其他变数和因素来查看这些行为能否提高或是降低人们活到90岁以上的几率。比如，患糖尿病死亡率会提高到86%。单单肥胖症就会让死亡率提高到40%。想要获取更多有关信息就继续阅读。