“It is well known that aerobic fitness is strongly related to survival, but our study also shows that maintaining high levels of body flexibility, muscle strength, power-to-body weight ratio and co-ordination are not only good for performing daily activities but have a favorable influence on life expectancy”So, here is a simple way of checking how healthy you are: just sit down, get up, and keep in good shape and balance to reach 100 years!
If you pay careful attention to the way Ikarians have lived their lives, it appears that a dozen subtly powerful, mutually enhancing and pervasive factors are at work. It’s easy to get enough rest if no one else wakes up early and the village goes dead during afternoon naptime.This phenomenon has a name: The Roseto Effect describes the uncommon health and longevity of citizens from Roseto, Pennsylvania (USA) in the 50s and how these differences disappeared as Roseto became more "Americanized" in the 1960s. The studies point that erosion of traditionally cohesive family and community relationships increased the mortality rate.
Responding to frequent inquiries asking questions such as, "What are the odds of being killed by lightning?" or "What are the chances of dying in a plane crash?" the Injury Facts® 2011 edition includes a comprehensive table of the odds of dying from a variety of causes.
... to lose weight and keep it off, a person must eat fewer calories and exercise far more than a person who maintains the same weight naturally. (...) Years later they are paying attention to every calorie, spending an hour a day on exercise. They never don’t think about their weight.
