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Lifestyle factors also lower risk of death

A separate study showed that four of the same lifestyle factors—regular exercise, eating a Mediterranean-style diet, keeping a normal weight and not smoking—protected against coronary heart disease as well as the early buildup of calcium deposits in heart arteries, and reduced the chance of death from all causes by 80% over an eight-year period.

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