The key to living longer could be to eat a healthy, balanced diet - including at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day - as well as regular exercise. But you could boost your life expectancy by adopting a low-fat weight loss diet, it's been claimed.

You can slash your risk of an early death by eating a healthy, balanced diet, according to the NHS.

Regular exercise is also crucial to maintaining a healthy body weight, it added.

If youre a smoker, quitting smoking could cut your risk of dying early, while taking a daily multivitamin may boost your life expectancy.

Making small lifestyle changes could help you to live longer. One of the key aspects to your longevity is your weight.

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Weight-reducing diets, usually low in fat and low saturated fat, with or without exercise, may reduce premature all-cause mortality in adults who are obese, said the scientists.

By implication, our data supports public health measures to prevent weight gain and facilitate weight loss using these types of diet, they added.

Eating a healthy, reduced-calorie diet is the best way to reduce your risk of obesity, said the NHS.

But, it's also crucial that you include regular exercise into your daily routine.

Everyone should aim to do at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity every week.

Meanwhile, Joining a local weight loss group, or taking up social exercise classes may help you to lose weight.

Eating a diet rich in whole grains, vegetables and fruits could also help you to live longer, according to Harvard Medical School.

A strong social network is also important to boost life expectancy, it added.

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How to live longer - the weight loss diet that could lower your risk of early death - Express