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10 Healthy Aging Tips From Centenarians
Relationships, an active mind, humor make the list
in centenarian poll.
By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Health News
Staying close to family and friends,
keeping your mind active, and having a sense of
humor are keys to healthy aging, centenarians say in
a new poll.
The
poll, conducted by phone, included 100 centenarians.
Here are their top 10 tips for healthy aging --
along with the percentage of how many said the tip
is "very important" (they could call more than one
tip "very important"):
Stay
close to your family and friends: 90%
Keep
your mind active: 89%
Laugh and have a sense of humor: 88%
Stay
in touch with your spirituality: 84%
Continue looking forward to each new day: 83%
Keep
moving and exercising: 82%
Maintain a sense of independence: 81%
Eat
right: 80%
Keep
up with news and current events: 63%
Keep
making new friends: 63%
"If
I could leave any message, never stop learning.
Period," centenarian Maurice Eisman says in the poll
report.
"I
think the worst thing is stress, and you can avoid a
lot of it by the way you manage your life," adds
102-year-old Marianne Crowder of Palo Alto, Calif.
Some
of the centenarians -- who were actually as young as
99 -- have picked up some modern ways: 19% use cell
phones, 12% have used the Internet, 3% say they've
dated someone they met online, and 45% could
identify 2005 American Idol winner Carrie Underwood.
When
asked to pick a favorite celebrity to invite to a
"fantasy dinner party," Bill Cosby was their top
pick, followed by Tiger Woods and Oprah Winfrey.
Britney Spears and Howard Stern were their least
favorite choices; most knew who Spears and Stern
are.
GfK
Roper Public Affairs & Media polled the centenarians
by phone in April and May for Evercare, a health
care coordination program for the elderly and people
with long-term or advanced illnesses or
disabilities. Because the poll only included
centenarians in good health, the results may not
apply to everyone in that age range.
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WebMD. All rights reserved.
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"I think the worst thing is
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