Dr Norman Lazarus, 90, is a professor at the Centre for Human and Applied Physiological Sciences, King’s College London. He is an expert on the physiology of healthy human ageing, author of The Lazarus Strategy , and living proof that our later years can be lived well.

For our new weekly series Life Lessons, he shares his daily habits and the way in which his life is informed by his research and experience in the field.

Accept ageing

I’m 90 now and I’ll never be younger than that again. I have at best five to 10 years to live. People tell me I look like I’m 70, but that can only mean that a 70-year-old has not been keeping themselves in good condition: that the 70-year-old we’re talking about is non-exercising or overweight. And that person is in terrible trouble if so because t

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