Exercise: The #1 Driver of Longevity
Why movement outperforms every drug, supplement, and diet trend — and what recent research says about how much you actually need. What longevity really means Longevity is often reduced to a single number: how many years you live. But researchers increasingly separate lifespan (how long you live) from healthspan (how many of those years you spend healthy, independent, and mentally sharp). Most people don’t fear dying at 90 nearly as much as they fear the decade before it: losing mobility, memory, or the ability to live on their own. Modern longevity science aims to compress that period of decline and extend years of capable living. Chronic disease influences not only healthspan, but also lifespan and accounts for most deaths in older adults: cardiovascular disease, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, and...
