The Secrets to Old Age

(HealthDayNews) -- You've probably heard about the many and varied ways that the older get older. But staying healthy and productive into old age takes more than just passing time.

That's why Image, which calls itself the journal of nursing scholarship, polled a group of healthy people who had made it into their 80s, and asked them what their secrets were. Here are the answers:

• Stay physically active.
• Eat healthy food.
• Pace yourself, don't try to do too much.
• Do things you like.
• Read the Bible.