Healthy Diet, Exercise Extend Life for Women in Their 70s
Women in their 70s can gain more years by following advice they may be giving their grandkids: exercise and eat your fruits and vegetables.
So finds a new study that helps confirm healthy living can extend life, even in the retirement years.
“This is one of those findings that sounds like common sense,” said study lead author Emily Nicklett, an assistant professor of social work at the University of Michigan School of Social Work, in Ann Arbor.
“But while it may seem obvious, it’s important to go back to the basics in terms of understanding that diet and exercise can strongly predict mortality among older adults,” she said. “Promoting healthy diets that include fruits and vegetables, together with some form of simple physical activity like walking, can make dramatic improvements in terms of health outcomes.”
Nicklett and her colleagues published their findings in the May issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
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