How to Live a Longer Life: The Secret to Living to 100

Thomas Perls is the director of Boston University's New England Centenarian Study, which has been studying the lives of Americans over the age of 100 since 1995. He summarizes what it takes to be a centenarian with an invented word: SAGEING, an acronym for seven behavioral and other factors that can get many of us to age 90-and a lucky few beyond that.
Video Chapters:
0:00 Introducing Dottie Stewart, 102 Year Old MA Resident
0:16 Introducing Dr. Thomas Perls of Boston University's New England Centenarian Study
0:23 New England Centenarian Study Explained
0:30 Key Factors Involved in Living a Longer Life: S.A.G.E.I.N.G. (Sleep, Attitude, Genetics, Exercise, Interests, Nutrition, Get rid of...)
0:35 S.A.G.E.I.N.G. Acronym Explained
1:18 Trends in the Lifestyle Habits of People who Live Long Lives
1:23 The Future of How People Age
1:30 How Dottie Stewart has Lived Such a Long Life
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