A Japanese-English joint research team, including Associate Professor Jun Aida of the Graduate School of Dentistry at Tohoku University, has followed up Japanese and British people aged 65 and over, has less weight and less smoking habits, and has more connections with family and friends. I found out that a person is living a long time.The research results were published in the international magazine "Gerontology" of geriatrics.
Associate Professor Aida et al. Analyzed the results of a follow-up survey of 65 Japanese people aged 1 and over and 3,176 British people living in England for about 5,551 years.
According to it, Japanese lived 132 days longer for men and 319 days longer for women than British, but when compared in terms of underweight, smoking habits, and connections with family and friends, men lived.
■ Japanese people who have many connections with their families live 105 days longer
■ British people who have many connections with friends live 45 days longer
■ British people with less smoking habits live 47 days longer
■ British with low weight live 212 days longer
-I understand.
In addition, for women
■ Japanese people with few smoking habits live 198 days longer
■ British with low weight live 129 days longer
-It became clear.
Associate Professor Aida believes that the greatest room for improvement among Japanese people is to break away from being too thin for both men and women, and that men can expect even longer life by increasing interaction with friends and reducing smoking.Both factors are relatively easy to improve, and by utilizing these findings, it is possible to formulate more effective health policies in both Japan and the United Kingdom.
Paper information:[Gerontology] Social and behavioral determinants of the difference in survival among older adults in Japan and England. Gerontology
