Eating healthily as you age will help keep you young
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Fifty-year-olds are, on average, fitter and healthier than those half their age reveals a study commissioned by global nutrition and direct selling company Herbalife.
They quizzed 4,000 Brits aged 16–80 on their diet and lifestyle and found 25-year-olds consume an additional 300 calories, eat 12 times as much junk food, three times as many takeaways and exercise one less time per week. Those in their 20s are also more likely to drive while the over-50s walk as much as they can
Neil Spiers, Herbalife’s Regional Vice President, said: ‘It’s great to think that the older generation are showing the youngsters the way when it comes to healthier living.’
The study showed almost three quarters of Brits see themselves as healthy – exercising for 27 minutes a day, at least three times a week. Although, it also revealed the extent we go to, to hide our true weight, nearly a quarter have fibbed about the amount they eat, one in five has actually lied about their weight and 12 per cent have cut labels out of clothing which revealed their real size.
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