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Secrets to Longevity: Genes May Play a Part, but So Does Lifestyle. Kathleen Fackelmann.

by Fackelmann, Kathleen; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 46Family. Publisher: USA Today, 2004ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Centenarians | Exercise | Lifestyles | Longevity | Older people -- Health and hygieneDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Waldo McBurney ran the 100-meter dash at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Puerto Rico in July: He came in last. Of course, at his age McBurney was lucky to compete at all--he was 100 at the time....McBurney is part of a study trying to unravel the secrets of extreme old age. Findings from the New England Centenarian Study in Boston suggest that longevity does run in families--the sibling of a centenarian is four times more likely to live past 90 than the general population. But good genes are just part of the story." (USA TODAY) The author presents the healthy lifestyle habits that "play a huge role in keeping the body and mind in top shape well into the eighth and ninth decade of life."
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Originally Published: Secrets to Longevity: Genes May Play a Part, but So Does Lifestyle, Feb. 23, 2004; pp. n.p..

"Waldo McBurney ran the 100-meter dash at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Puerto Rico in July: He came in last. Of course, at his age McBurney was lucky to compete at all--he was 100 at the time....McBurney is part of a study trying to unravel the secrets of extreme old age. Findings from the New England Centenarian Study in Boston suggest that longevity does run in families--the sibling of a centenarian is four times more likely to live past 90 than the general population. But good genes are just part of the story." (USA TODAY) The author presents the healthy lifestyle habits that "play a huge role in keeping the body and mind in top shape well into the eighth and ninth decade of life."

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