The story: Eight healthy habits in middle age may increase your life by more than 20 years. According to research, you can lengthen your life by doing regular exercise, having a healthy diet, positive social relationships and a regular sleep routine, and avoiding stress, smoking, opioid drugs and too much alcohol. The study was carried out over eight years and more than 700,000 Americans took part in it. (Cover image: Getty) 👉Key words and phrases: kicking habits 🔎stopping habits -I'm trying to stop eating chocolate, but I haven't kicked the habit yet. -I want to kick the habit of checking my phone all the time. longevity 🔎living or lasting a long time -The study found that regular exercise improves longevity. -Having friendly colleagues and flexible hours helps create longevity in a job. adopting 🔎taking as your own -The organisation has adopted a new approach to hiring. -After watching that documentary, many have adopted a new attitude towards eating meat. ✔️ 0:00 - Introduction ✔️ 0:20 - Story ✔️ 1:22 - Headline 1 ✔️ 2:47 - Headline 2 ✔️ 4:27 - Headline 3 ✔️ 5:57 - Language summary More popular videos to help you improve your English: ⭐ Beth shares 3 mistakes people make with plural nouns 👉    • 3 mistakes with plural nouns #shorts   ⭐ News Review: Could we live to 140? 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BdTnL0Gj-Y ⭐ Sian explains the difference between 'cut your hair' and 'have your hair cut'. 💇‍♀️💇‍♂️ 👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2h9SdAoW7o 🤩🤩🤩 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more English videos and podcast English to help you improve your English 👉 http://tinyurl.com/ps3hplv ✔️ Visit our website 👉 https://www.bbclearningenglish.com/ ✔️ Follow us on Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/bbclearningenglish ✔️ Find us on Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/bbclearningenglish.multimedia ✔️ Join us on TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@bbclearningenglish Get our app: Android 👉 https://bit.ly/2PeLcf6 iPhone 👉 https://apple.co/2wmG2GU We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment 😊 #learnenglish #bbclearningenglish