What do you have if you combine healthy food habits and close family ties ? Well, you have a Japanese woman. And that is exactly what makes Japanese woman have the worlds longest life expectancy. A Japanese Health Ministry report suggests that girls born last year can expect to live until they are 86 years old, which would make them the longest survivors in the world.
Japan has improved treatments for cancer, heart disease, and stroke that are considered to be the aging population''''s biggest killers. They also have one of the world''s lowest birth-rates and this puts extra pressure on the government. Japan is facing the challenge of how to fund the pension requirements of its citizens, take care of its elderly, and maintain productivity at the same time.
Japanese women live longest and have the lowest obesity rate on earth. What's their secret? This video bares it all.
Pretty wonderful, eh ? Food for thought, I say.;-)
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