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Health
John Elder

People with a strong life-purpose live longer

More older people are taking up surfing as a way of negotiating their way through ageing. Photo: Getty

Yet another study has found that people with a strong purpose in life have less heart disease and are much less likely to die early.

Over the last decade, research into “life’s purpose” as a modifiable lifestyle factor – like exercise, diet, smoking and drinking booze – has bloomed.

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