Live Longer, Better with Healthy Lifestyle
Older people with a healthy lifestyle tend not only to live longer but also to have fewer years of disability near the end of life, according to an analysis from the Cardiovascular Health Study, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Researchers followed 5,248 people ages 65 and older for 25 years and found that women averaged 4.5 years of disability, men 2.9 years. Disability was defined as difficulty with activities such as dressing and walking.
Lifestyle factors that added disability-free years included:
• Maintaining a healthy weight.
• Having a high-quality diet.
• Staying physically active.
• Staying socially connected.
On average, a healthy lifestyle was found to add five to six disability-free years.
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