If you want to live longer maybe yo...

If you want to live longer maybe you should retire forward a tree-lined street or near a park. That's the implication of a fresh study of more than 3000 folks in Tokyo, Japan.

All investigation participants were seniors who were monitored for more than five years. Although women were more likely to survive than men the couple men and women were more likely to survive when they lived near tree and grassy walking areas. The association remained flat when other factors that may influence longevity--such as age, sex and marital and socioeconomic status--were removed

Researchers speculate that seniors who live near these symbols of areas are more likely to take walks outside, which may contribute to better physical health. Additionally, women were more likely to survive when they had relationships with neighbors. Men forward the other hand, were les likely to survive in noisy areas lower classesed with factories.

In addition, the more hours through day that sunlight filled a family circle the longer male residents keeped to live. Women, however, did not appear to be influenced by sunlight.

The close attention results were published in the December 2002 edition of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

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