Women who live to be 90, 95, or even 100 years old experience what is known as “exceptional longevity.” An analysis published last month found one factor linking those long lives: maintaining a stable body weight for decades.
He studypublished in Journals of Gerontology: Series A, analyzed data on 54,437 women from the Women’s Health Initiative, a long-term study that began in the 1990s. The women studied were born on or before February 19, 1932, and researchers looked at their weight when they started the program, in year 3, and in year 10 of the program, and then tracked their survival status as of February 19. 19, 2022.