A healthy lifestyle increases life expectancy by more than six years among people who have multiple health conditions, Leicester researchers have said.
Funded by NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) East Midlands, the team found that regardless of other health issues, eating well and exercising helped men live up to 6.3 years longer while women could prolong their lives by 7.6 years.
The study, published by the journal PLOS Medicine, used data from more than 480,000 adults aged between 38 and 73. Of that number, 93,746 people (19.5%) suffered from two or more chronic health conditions, such as hypertension, cancer, diabetes and depression.
Within the study, each individual had their lifestyle factors measured, which included their physical activity, diet, smoking habits and alcohol consumption. Over the course of the 10-year study period, their health was monitored and they were divided up into four categories; very healthy, healthy, unhealth and very unhealthy.
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Posted on 2nd October 2020