How you can live to 90 and still be happy

The secret of being happy, healthy and living to the age of 90 has been uncovered by an American survey.
A study of more than 2,000 people in America found that being the right weight, exercising and not smoking during retirement increased the chances of living for another 25 years.

The research, published on Tuesday in the Archives of Internal Medicine, found that a healthy 70-year-old who had never smoked, had normal blood pressure and weight and exercised up to four times a week had a 50 per cent chance of living until 90.

That was cut to 44 per cent if he did not exercise.

This fell to just over 33 per cent if he had high blood pressure and he had just a 25 per cent chance of reaching 90 if he was obese. Smoking cut the chances of living to 90 to 20 per cent.

A combination of three or more of these factors reduced the chances of a long life to 14 per cent and having all five gave men just a five per cent chance of living to the age of 90.

This study found no link between moderate alcohol consumption and a longer life.


翻译:
How you can live to 90 and still be happy
幸福长寿的秘诀

The secret of being happy, healthy and living to the age of 90 has been uncovered by an American survey.
日前，美国的一项调查揭示了幸福，健康，活到90岁的长寿秘诀。

A study of more than 2,000 people in America found that being the right weight, exercising and not smoking during retirement increased the chances of living for another 25 years.
这项涉及2000余人的调查发现保持适当的体重，勤于锻炼，戒烟可以使人们在退休后多活25年的几率大大提高。

The research, published on Tuesday in the Archives of Internal Medicine, found that a healthy 70-year-old who had never smoked, had normal blood pressure and weight and exercised up to four times a week had a 50 per cent chance of living until 90.
这项研究成果刊登在周二出版的《美国内科杂志》上，它表示如果一个从不抽烟，血压和体重正常，每周锻炼至少4次的70岁的健康人，有50%的机会活到90岁。

That was cut to 44 per cent if he did noexercise.
如果他从不运动，概率会降到44%。

This fell to just over 33 per cent if he had high blood pressure and he had just a 25 per cent chance of reaching 90 if he was obese. Smoking cut the chances of living to 90 to 20 per cent.
如果他有高血压，活到90岁的概率为33%，而要是他过度肥胖，那就只有25%的概率了。吸烟，使该概率降到20%。

A combination of three or more of these factors reduced the chances of a long life to 14 per cent and having all five gave men just a five per cent chance of living to the age of 90.
而同时有以上三到四种因素，人的长寿概率只有14%。5项因素俱全的人，能活到90岁的希望仅仅是5%。

This study found no link between moderate alcohol consumption and a longer life.
这项研究没有发现适量的饮酒和长寿间有必然的联系。

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