Healthy lifestyle is linked to gains in disease-free life expectancy in China – Nature Human Behaviour

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A healthy lifestyle is associated with longer total life expectancy and a larger proportion of remaining years lived without a major noncommunicable disease in the Chinese population. Public health initiatives that promote healthy lifestyles may have a role in realizing the Healthy China 2030 strategic plan.

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**Fig. 1: Life expectancy at age 40 with and without cardiovascular diseases, cancer or chronic respiratory diseases, related to number of low-risk lifestyle factors.**

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This is a summary of: The China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group. Healthy lifestyle and life expectancy free of major chronic diseases at age 40 in China. Nat. Hum. Behav. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01624-7 (2023).