{"id":236870,"date":"2026-05-10T16:03:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T21:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/one-critical-factor-predicts-longevity-better-than-diet-or-exercise-study-finds"},"modified":"2026-05-10T16:03:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T21:03:38","slug":"one-critical-factor-predicts-longevity-better-than-diet-or-exercise-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/one-critical-factor-predicts-longevity-better-than-diet-or-exercise-study-finds","title":{"rendered":"One Critical Factor Predicts Longevity Better Than Diet or Exercise, Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/one-critical-factor-predicts-longevity-better-than-diet-or-exercise-study-finds2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Diet and exercise are both factors that can influence how long you live, but they\u2019re not the single greatest predictor of your longevity, research suggests.<\/p>\n<p>According to a recent study, there\u2019s something else that might have more of an effect in terms of curtailing your lifespan.<\/p>\n<p>While poor sleep has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/want-to-live-to-100-these-four-habits-might-help-get-you-there\">previously linked<\/a> to a host of health issues, this latest investigation found that getting enough shut-eye had a stronger connection to living longer than diet and exercise \u2013 factors that are known to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/you-can-add-10-years-to-your-life-simply-by-changing-your-diet-massive-study-finds\">add years<\/a> to your life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diet and exercise are both factors that can influence how long you live, but they\u2019re not the single greatest predictor of your longevity, research suggests. According to a recent study, there\u2019s something else that might have more of an effect in terms of curtailing your lifespan. While poor sleep has been previously linked to a [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}