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8 healthy habits linked to living decades longer

Moderate exercise and positive social relationships are two of the habits associated with longer lives

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People who adopt eight healthy habits by the age of 40 may live about two decades longer than those who don’t. The effect is lower but still significant for people who have these eight habits by the time they are 60 years old.

Xuan-Mai Nguyen at the VA Boston Healthcare System and her colleagues collected data on physical activity, diet, sleep, mental health, relationships and alcohol use from a group of more than 700,000 US veterans between 40 and 99 years old. Participants

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by Alisha Putri•
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Regional differences in health are large and growing

The circumstances in which we live – from the support we receive during our early years to our working conditions, housing, education and local communities later in life – have powerful impacts on our health.

A decade on from the original landmark review, Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 Years On shows that not enough progress has been made in addressing unjust and avoidable differences in people’s health and wellbeing.

In the last decade improvements to life expectancy have stalled. There has also been little improvement in the number of years that people can expect to live in

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by Alisha Putri•