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Four factors influence
longevity of Americans
By MARGUERITE BRADEN
Four factors affect the length of
your life, says Vivian Blair, family life
education specialist.
The factors are genetic make-up,
physical exercise, diet and nutrition,
and psychological and cultural influ
ences.
Blair, who works for the Texas Ag
riculture Extension Service, said
there is a great deal we don’t under
stand about the aging process.
She said one reason for the grow
ing population of elderly persons is
medical science’s attack on child
hood diseases. People today are less
likely to die in a natural disaster,
from a plague, tuberculosis, small
pox or yellow fever. They are more
likely to die of heart disease, cancer,
stroke, or degenerative illness.
Blair said genetic influence relates
to long life. Offspring of long-lived
parents live longer than those whose
parents die young. The first offspring
of a union will tend to live longer
than those born later. Children of
parents who contract heart disease
and some forms of cancer are more
likely than others to contract these
diseases themselves.
In some remote and isolated areas
of the world, a high percentage of
people enjoy extremely longlife, but
specialists cannot agree why.
Alexander Leaf, a Harvard physi
cian said the genetic influence was
not necessarily the presence of good
genes, but the absence of bad ones.
Blair said physical exercise is im
portant in producing longevity be
cause exercise helps bring about a
lower heart rate, increases the
pumping capacity of the heart, low
ers blood pressure and increases
lung capacity.
The third factor in determining
the length of life is diet and nutrition.
Blair said the extremely long-lived
people in remote areas consume be
tween two-fifths and two-thirds of
the average daily American caloric
intake.
Blair said Americans should be
eating foods rich in protein and low
in fats. Low-fat diets are associated
with a high level of fitness and low
incidence of heart disease..
“The fat-rich American diet is as
sociated with both obesity and heart
disease,” Blair said.
Blair said that psychological and
cultural influences are difficult to
measure, but they are considered
another factor in long life.
Our attitude towards aging is de
trimental, Blair said. “Age does not
represent illness or less mental abil
ity.”
In the remote areas where people
live longer, the elderly people are
productive contributors to the ag
ricultural economy, Blair said. Old
age is also honored because social
status increases with age.
Part of the problem is that Ameri
cans don’t accept the fact that they
are growing old, Blair said. People
who say they are “75 years young”
might have a positive attitude about
aging, but they are denying the fact
that they are degenerating physi
cally, she said.
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Poet and songwriter Naomi
Shihab entertained a packed audi
ence at the MSC Basement Cof
feehouse Wednesday night at the
Texas A&M University Poetry and
Fiction Awards ceremony.
Shihab alternated reading her
poems and singing songs of her own
composition. Her works frequently
expressed themes about the beauty
of everyday things and people.
The Arts Committee then an
nounced the winners of its fourth
annual poetry and fiction contest.
The poetry awards were given to
Marc Gist, first; Diana Aldrich, sec
ond; David Flowers, third.
Walter Prehn won first place in
the fiction contest; Eugenia Blair,
second and Rick Frazier, third.
Some of their works have been
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Dr. Paul Christensen, a Texas
A&M English professor, com
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Texas A&M is rapidly acquiring sta
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“Ever since the University went
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He added that the English de
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creative writing next fall that will
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