Pinker took an in - depth look at the life - long
habits of centenarians in Sardinia, an Italian island that boasts six times as many centenarians as the mainland, and ten times as many as North America.
Not exact matches
What they've found, thus far, is that healthy
habits and positive attitudes will only get you so far:
Centenarians are winners
of the genetic lottery and, like Westcott, have a clustering
of long - lived relatives.
To gather the data, they looked at the biggest study yet done on
centenarians, and found that there were common lifestyle choices and
habits amongst those who lived longest: Vegetarianism, avoidance
of alcohol, and a strong religion, to name a few.