Relax tubby, just quit boozing and smoking

Healthy living 'can add 14 years'

Taking exercise, not drinking too much alcohol, eating enough fruit and vegetables and not smoking can add up to 14 years to your life, a study says. Research involving 20,000 people over a decade found those who failed on all criteria were four times more likely to have died than those who succeeded.

The findings held true regardless of how overweight or poor they were.

A perfectly timed report. I gave up cigarettes a few years back and my alcohol intake is now extremely moderate to say the least. I eat fruit every day and I think I get enough excercise.

And I was just about to embark on a weight-loss diet. Phew! That was close.