in many countries around the world, peopie are living longer than before. people have healthier lifestyles, and healthcare is better, too. okinawa is an island
off the coast of japan.the people on okinawa, the okinawans, may have the longest lives and healthiest lifestyles in the world. researchers did a study they. they startbe by
looking at city and town dirth records from 1879. they didn't expect to find many
centenarians (hundred- year- olds) in the records, so they were very surprised to find so
many old and healthy people living in okinawa. the united states,for example,hae 10
centenarians per 100,000 people.in okinawa there are 34 centenarians per 100,000 people!
what is the okinawans' secret? first,they eat a healthy diet that includes fresh fruits and vegetadles.they also eat fish often and drink plenty of water and green tea.but researchers think that the okinawans have other healthy habits as well.they don't do hard exercise such as weightlifting or jogging.instead,they prefer relaxing activites like gardening and walking.researchers say that older okinawans also have agood attitude adout aging.they sit quietly and relax their minds with deep dreathing exercises.they also enjoy massage.