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500 Old People Chosen as Healthy Senior Citizens in China
A 126-year-old man from Sichuan Province, southwest China, has been chosen as the "healthy old people in China," together with another 525 old people from other parts of the country.
Chosen by the China Old People Sports Association, China Old People Association and the All-China Women's Federation, all these people are over the age of 80 and 82 of them are women.
In their daily life, these people maintain a rational diet, do an appropriate amount of exercise, do not smoke, restrict the drink of liquor and keep a psychological balance. They also have good personal characters, and harmonious family relations and good relations with others.
According to statistics, China has entered the aging society, with people over the age of 60 numbering 126 million and those over the age of 80, 11 million. Among them 10,000 are over the age of 100.
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