A Single Health Factor Could Predict Longevity More Than Diet Or Exercise

Only smoking had a stronger link to life expectancy.

If you’re hoping to live a longer, better life, eating well, exercising, and avoiding habits like smoking are great places to start.

But according to a paper published in SLEEP Advances, the amount of shut-eye we get at night may be more strongly linked to our projected longevity than even diet and exercise.

This isn’t to say that neither of those metrics matter: they definitely do. Scientists think that improved diets could add 10 years to the lives of people in the UK, while a review of studies found that being physically active could increase our lifespan by about two to four years as a........

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