In Pictures: 11 Health Habits That Will Help You Live to 100

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Don’t retire.

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“Evidence shows that in societies where people stop working abruptly, the incidence of obesity and chronic disease skyrockets after retirement,” says Luigi Ferrucci, director of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. If you do retire, stay active, perhaps by volunteering.