I am 81 years old with a same-sex parent (my Dad) who lived to age 98 years. Hence the odds are good that I can live a decade or more with some simply precautions. One was to lose weight; over the years my weight had risen to 202 pounds, too much for my 5 foot-7 inch frame. Over two years I dropped that to the low 150’s, where it remains today. For me the second important step was to adopt a dog. I had grown up with a German shepherd dog and knew they motivate exercise.