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Jun 2018
23m 28s

Learning Lessons from the Longest Living...

Bbc World Service
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Can adapting your lifestyle add 10 years to your lifespan? Dan Buettner, a journalist for National Geographic, has identified nine characteristics that he says can add more than a decade to life expectancy. His Blue Zones Project uses lessons learned from five areas of the world with the highest population over the age of 100. We visit Naples in Florida, which has been named the top state for wellbeing in the United States, to find out how altering daily habits has improved the health and happiness of its population.

Presenter: Tom Colls Reporter: Nicola Kelly

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