Learning and staying in shape key to longer lifespan, study finds

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uoe-las101217.php

Public Release: 13-Oct-2017
Learning and staying in shape key to longer lifespan, study finds
University of Edinburgh

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They found that cigarette smoking and traits associated with lung cancer had the greatest impact on shortening lifespan.

For example, smoking a packet of cigarettes per day over a lifetime knocks an average of seven years off life expectancy, they calculated. But smokers who give up can eventually expect to live as long as somebody who has never smoked.

Body fat and other factors linked to diabetes also have a negative influence on life expectancy.

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