Living Longer

Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who've Lived the Longest

Here's some good news: The average American can look younger, feel younger and avoid about 70 percent of the things that foreshorten his or her life. Studies show that habits, as opposed to genes, determine up to 90 percent of life expectancy. Adopting the optimal lifestyle, experts say, can give us up to 10 more good years of life. But how?