If Your Parent's A 'Super Ager', It Might Spell Good News For Your Own Longevity

People with centenarian parents seem to inherit exceptional longevity, according to research.

Parents editor at HuffPost UK

If one or both of your parents lives to 100 – or surpasses that mighty age – it might mean you’re likely to reap the rewards, too.

Not only do you get to spend more time with your parent(s), but a new study suggests children of centenarians are likely to also live longer – and they’re less likely to develop cardiovascular disease and hypertension, too.

What did the study find?

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Boston University, and Tufts Medical Center analysed data from three long-running studies. A total of 2,319 centenarians’ offspring were compared with 2,703 controls (the offspring of people who........

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