I believe that keeping your weight at normal levels, a healthy diet and aerobic exercising are controllable keys to a long life (assuming no lethal accidents or genetic issues). Some of the posts have touched on these but, nobody has mentioned Sarcopenia. This is age related muscle degeneration. We lose between half to one percent of muscle mass per year starting around age 26. I think many of the ailments and fragility experienced later in life could have been avoided had proper strength exercises and stretching been a part of weekly habits.
Think about how strong and robust you were at 25! Is it no wonder that there are blown out knees, tweaked backs and necks, fatigue, exhaustion etc. when there has been significant muscle degeneration PLUS carrying around an extra 25 lbs of fat?
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