“Only 20% of a person’s genes infuence his/her longevity. The remaining 80% depends on his/her lifestyle and on the surrounding environment”. This is what Dan Buetner, a Natonal Geographic journalist expert in the so called ‘Blue Zones’ – e.g. the regions on Planet Earth where people live more and longer – explained at Expo Milano 2015 this afernoon. Former gymnast Jury Chechi and actress Sydne Rome, both witnessing healthy life styles and practces, atended with him the “Longevity is what we eat, and...?” Internatonal Forum promoted by the Marche Region with the scientfc and organizatonal support of Italia Longeva and in collaboraton with INRCA (the Natonal Insttute for the Elderly’s research and care). A correct nutriton, a balanced motor actvity, but also some tme dedicated to family and friends are good practces that Buetner has seen in all the Blue Zones. Among them: Sardinia, in Italy; Ikaria Island in Greece; Loma Linda, in California; Okinawa Island in Japan; and Nicoya, in Costa Rica. “The secret to have a healthy long life is a correct nutriton – explained ‘the Lord of the Rings’ Chechi, gold medal winner at the Atlanta ’96 Olympics and bronze medal winner in Athens in 2004 – but it is also important to practce a good, regular motor actvity every day”. Sydne Rome, instead, revealed: “I have always paid much atenton to the quality of my life and to a healthy nutriton. My secret however is a regular physical and motor actvity together with care for social life, good friends and family”. Today’s meetng was the occasion to present the results of the "Longevity Check-up", a "longevity test ofered by Italia Longeva inside Padiglione Italia within the space of the Marche region – which is the Italian region with the longest life expectancy and where the number of people over 100 years old passed from 99 to 507 in 20 years only – and that involved about one thousand visitors, mostly Italians (56% women, 44% men) and aged 54 on average.
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