"Reaching 100 is easier than suspected"

is the news item on Yahoo! News today. Sounds good to me! The main takeaway for me:

"A second, larger study of men in their 70s found that those who avoided smoking, obesity, inactivity, diabetes and high blood pressure greatly improved their chances of living into their 90s. In fact, they had a 54 percent chance of living that long.

Their survival decreased with each risk factor, and those with all five had only a 4 percent chance of living into their 90s, according to Harvard University researchers. Those who managed to avoid lifestyle-related ailments also increased their chances of functioning well physically and mentally two decades later.
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"It's not just luck, it's not just genetics.... It's lifestyle" that seems to make a big difference, said lead author Dr. Laurel Yates of Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital.