The Longevity Project:
surprising discoveries for health and long life from the landmark eight-decade study
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The Longevity Project:
surprising discoveries for health and long life from the landmark eight-decade study
Overview
We have been told that the key to longevity involves obsessing over what we eat, how much we stress, and how fast we run. Based on the most extensive study of longevity ever conducted, The Longevity Project exposes what really has an impact on our lifespan — including friends, family, personality, and work.
By gathering new information and studying participants across eight decades, Dr Howard Friedman and Dr Leslie Martin bust myths about achieving health and long life. For example, people do not die from working long hours — many who worked the hardest lived the longest. Getting and staying married is not the ticket for living to 100, especially for women. And it’s not the happy-go-lucky who thrive — it’s the persistent and responsible who flourish through the years.
With questionnaires that help you to determine where you are heading on the longevity spectrum and advice about how to stay healthy, this book changes the conversation about living a long, healthy life.
Details
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- Paperback
- 234mm x 153mm
- 272 pages
- 9781921844010
- AUD$32.99
- 2 May 2011
Praise
‘A compelling and objective assessment of character traits associated with longevity. Only a handful of studies in this field last long enough to give meaningful results, and even fewer remain significant after their primary investigators have passed away. Friedman and Martin have resurrected a remarkable achievement with surprising conclusions. I learned a lot from this book.’
About the Authors
Howard S. Friedman, PhD, is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. He has been honoured with major awards by the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science.
Leslie R. Martin, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at La Sierra University, Research Psychologist at the University of California, Riverside, and a key associate in Professor Friedman’s longevity studies.
