Professor Caitriona Ryan

So again, it's such a key factor and it's really underappreciated.

I think it's our sedentary lifestyle.

There's lots of things we can do to try and be more active, whether it's walking to work, getting in your steps is an easy one as well.

You know, compromising our sleep, really important as well.

I think our social connections is a huge one.

You know, it sounds like a very soft variable, but loneliness is a big predictor of loneliness.

poor life expectancy too.

It can be equivalent to smoking, you know, when you look at it in some studies.

So I think it's our daily lifestyle.

Like if you look at the people who live for, you know, the longest, and I don't just mean living longer, but

you know, living into their hundreds in good health, with good cognitive function and good overall daily functioning.

The blue zones, they're called.

None of them are genetically interconnected, but they are places where people have shared patterns.

So natural movement.

None of these people go to the gym or take supplements, by the way.

They have natural movement.

They're very active people.

They have strong social ties.

Their diet is a Mediterranean-based diet, plant-forward.

Now, they still eat meat, but they don't overfill themselves.