健康2012:关于健康生活方式的6件事

Most of us are approaching the end of the year with reflections on the past 12 months, along with resolutions and hopes for the future.
2012到了年尾，对于我们每一个人来说，是时候对过去一年作下反思，定好新一年的目标和希望。

In years past, we may have chalked that future up to genetics and a dose of good luck. But research now suggests we have much more of a hand in our destiny than previously believed. In fact, a number of straight-forward nutrition, fitness, sleep and other health tips can help assure you maximize the life in your years.
过去的很多年，我们会说健康的未来看的是基因和运气，但研究表明命运其实在我们自己手中。实际上，很多简单明了的营养、健身、睡眠或其他健康贴士就能帮助你长寿。

Here are six of those things that we learned in 2012.
这是我们在2012年学会的6个健康生活方式。

1. An advanced age is no excuse to give up on healthy habits!
1. 年纪大可不是拒绝养成健康习惯的借口哦！

A 2012 study showed that exercise, eating right and avoiding harmful habits like smoking helped people 5.4 years longer than their less healthy-intentioned peers.
2012年的一项研究显示，锻炼、健康饮食以及避免有害的生活比如抽烟，坚持健康生活的人比他们的同龄人寿命平均长5.4年。

2. Exercise Really Works
2. 锻炼真的有好处

There's nothing new about the fact that exercise helps us live longer. But a recent study did take a closer look at just how powerful regular activity really is: The physically active benefit from several years added to their lives. The study found that for every additional hour of exercise (like jogging or swimming) that a black woman gets, she can gain 11 hours of lifespan.
锻炼能让我们长寿，这已经不是什么新鲜话题了。但最近一项研究更加深入地探讨定期的健身到底有多大的魔力：几年的积极健身会增加寿命。研究发现，黑人女士每增加一小时的锻炼（比如慢跑或游泳），生命会延长11个小时。

3. Laugh More
3. 多笑

As part of an ongoing study on genes and aging, researchers found this year that certain personality traits seem to be associated with a longer life, including the propensity to laugh -- a lot!
在一项正在进行的研究基因和年龄老化部分中，研究者在2012年发现，长寿也会受到人的性格特征的影响，其中就包括经常大笑。