Real vs Perceived Age: A Matter of Life and Death

From the article:

How old do you feel? Think carefully — the answer might help predict how much longer you’ll live. That’s according to British research posing that question to about 6,500 adults. Those who felt younger than their real age lived the longest over the following eight years.

Here are five key findings from the study, by researchers Isla Rippon and Andrew Steptoe at University College London. Results were published online Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine:

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I’m with Mickey….,“If I had known I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself!”

― Mickey Mantle