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Dental Abstracts

Volume 62, Issue 4, July–August 2017, Page 182
Dental Abstracts

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Exercise, eat right, and enjoy your friends

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Background

Real happiness in retirement isn’t dependent on income. It’s possible to be happy with little or a lot because the enjoyment of life is actually determined by one’s health and one’s connections.

Health

In their book Younger Next Year, Dr Henry “Harry” Lodge and his patient Chris Crowley point out that people—men and women—can perform at their 50-year-old physical level well into their 80s. It is possible to become functionally younger every year for 5 to 10 years after age 50, then maintain that vitality and pleasure for another 20 or 30 years. The key to maintaining physical health is to exercise 6 days a week and eat healthy food. These findings are based on the latest information from the

Connections

The second ingredient in a happy retirement is making connections with others. One study shows that more than 43% of 1604 persons over age 60 years felt left out, isolated, or lonely. A follow-up 6 years later found that over half of these individuals had trouble keeping up with basic housekeeping and personal care and a 45% higher risk of dying earlier compared to older adults who reported feeling connected with other persons.

Dentists who maintain strong relationships with family and past

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