Measures including healthy sleep and regular exercise may slow pace of body’s biological ageing
Scientists have named eight health measures that can slow the body’s ageing process by six years.
Keeping body weight, blood sugar, cholesterol and blood pressure in check while maintaining healthy sleep and eating regimes, doing regular physical activity and not smoking may slow the ageing process by around six years, US experts say.
Eat a healthy diet
Be more active
Quit smoking
Get healthy sleep
Maintain a healthy weight
Control cholesterol
Watch blood sugar
Manage blood pressure
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