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The longevity project : surprising discoveries for health and long life from the landmark eight-decade study / Howard S. Friedman and Leslie R. Martin.

Friedman, Howard S. (Author). Martin, Leslie R. (Added Author).

Summary:

For years we have been told to obsessively monitor when we're angry, what we eat, how much we worry, and how often we go to the gym. So why isn't everyone healthy? With self-tests that illuminate your own best paths to longer life, this book changes the conversation about what it really takes to achieve a long, healthy life.

Record details

ISBN: 9780452297708
ISBN: 0452297702
Physical Description: xviii, 248 pages ; 21 cm
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Plume, 2012, c2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Previously published in a Hudson Street Press edition"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Personality and long life: Who stays well? -- Long live the prudent and persistent -- Friendly and convivial: Healthy or trivial? -- Happiness and health? A cheery conundrum -- Catastrophic thinking: The fates of Chicken Littles -- Childhood and school days: Head start, early finish -- Parental divorce: Some were resilient -- Running for their lives: Jocks vs. nerds -- To sickness or to health? Love, marriage, and divorce -- Careers, success, and satisfaction: Thriving and surviving -- Long life meets the afterlife: Religion and health -- Confidants, networks, and the power of social life -- The gender gap in long life -- The toll of war and trauma: Why some thrive -- Individual paths to health and long life (and why we won't take polypills) -- Long life and public health: Looking ahead to what society should do.