3 Simple Lifestyle Tweaks Can Add a Year to Your Life
Prevention • • health
Key Points:
- New research published in eClinicalMedicine indicates that small lifestyle changes in activity, sleep, and diet can extend lifespan by up to four years, with even minor tweaks like a few extra minutes of exercise, sleep, and half a serving of vegetables making a significant difference.
- The study analyzed data from nearly 60,000 UK Biobank participants, finding that those with poor health habits could add a year to their lives by modestly increasing sleep by five minutes, exercise by 1.9 minutes, and improving diet quality with an additional half serving of vegetables or whole grains.
- Larger but manageable lifestyle changes—such as 24 extra minutes of sleep, 3.7 more minutes of exercise, and a 23-point diet quality increase—
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