The Longevity Project/Howard Friedman and Leslie Martin/222 p

This book presents and interprets the findings from the famous 80 year Terman study of longevity. The study itself followed 1500 school age children in California from 1921 until around 2001. Most of the subjects had been born in 1910 and most would have been considered to be from"middle-class" backgrounds. Factors contributing to long life and shortened life are covered in some detail. Many of these factors are intuitive and logical conclusions, but there were a few surprises; mostly to do with gender differences. Included in each chapter are short quizzes, so you can self-score your potential long life. Examples are "Life Satisfaction" (important) and "Physical Activity" (not as important as you might think, at least not vigorous exercise). Interesting read.