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Old 12-21-14 | 02:06 PM
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mr_bill
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Originally Posted by wphamilton
I hate to be a downer, but maybe the people don't feel as old as their chronological age because they have fewer ailments, and because of that they live longer? Cart before the horse in other words.
"The effect held even after researchers accounted for things that might make a person feel older than they are [emphasis mine], such as chronic health problems, difficulty with mobility or mental health issues like depression, said senior study author Andrew Steptoe, director of the Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care at University College London."

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