Feeling sprightly might mean that a person has more time left on earth than people who feel their age or older.
Everyone dies, but this study says feeling sprightly might suggest a person has more time left than people who feel their age or older.
Older people in the UK who felt at least three years younger than their chronological age were less likely to die over the next eight years than those who felt equal to or older than their actual age, researchers found.
“This relationship has been shown before, but not in such a large scale study in which we were able to look at such a range of possible explanations,” said co-author Andrew Steptoe of the epidemiology and public health department at University College London. “We still don’t understand what the explanation really is.”
Everyone dies, but this study says feeling sprightly might suggest a person has more time left than people who feel their age or older.
Older people in the UK who felt at least three years younger than their chronological age were less likely to die over the next eight years than those who felt equal to or older than their actual age, researchers found.
“This relationship has been shown before, but not in such a large scale study in which we were able to look at such a range of possible explanations,” said co-author Andrew Steptoe of the epidemiology and public health department at University College London. “We still don’t understand what the explanation really is.”
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