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To promote bone joint and muscle health get adequate amounts of calcium the national academy of science engineering and medicine recommends at least 1000 milligrams mg of calcium daily for adults the recommendation increases to 1200 mg daily for women age 51 and older and men age 71 and older. Between 1950 and 2015 men lived five years longer including 45 years in good health women meanwhile gained three years in good health a figure identical to their increase in life expectancy. In one study researchers with the baltimore longitudinal study of aging blsa observed a decreased risk of a coronary event like a heart attack in older male blsa participants who took part in high intensity leisure time physical activities like lap swimming or running. Factors influencing healthy ageing although some of the variations in older peoples health are genetic much is due to peoples physical and social environments including their homes neighbourhoods and communities as well as their personal characteristics such as their sex ethnicity or socioeconomic status