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Anecdotally the elderly people I've known who've lived the longest, have been the ones who've been active as long as possible, not just with exercise but also t
by nicholassmith 13y ago
Anecdotally the elderly people I've known who've lived the longest, have been the ones who've been active as long as possible, not just with exercise but also trying to continue either working in some regard or continue travelling and exploring. I'd imagine there's likely studies on it, but as our population ages it'll become more significant.
- Qworg 13y agoThere's an excellent article about this in the NYT: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/magazine/the-island-where-people-forget-to-die.html?pagewanted=all http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/magazine/the-island-whe...
- nicholassmith 13y agoThanks, that was really interesting.
- melling 13y agoThe second president of the United States was an avid walker (3-4 miles a day) and he lived to be 89. John Adams was not a ripped guy. http://www.presidenstory.com/stat_tal.php http://www.presidenstory.com/stat_tal.php Almost two centuries later and it doesn't seem like we've made much progress on aging.
- Someone 13y agoI am fairly sure there is some causation there, but I am not sure which causation is greater: stay active => live longer, or the combination of be healthy => stay active with be healthy => live longer. That gets especially hairy when one start thinking about what 'be healthy' means. That 70 year old who is physically healthy, but doesn't seem interested in what happens in the world anymore, is that a healthy person?