People with healthy diets in midlife ‘more likely to achieve healthy ageing’

Eating more fruits, vegetables and wholegrains was associated with greater odds of healthy ageing, a study found (David Davies/PA)

Eating a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and wholegrains in your forties could be the key to healthy living at the age of 70, new research suggests.

A study found that fewer than one in 10 people were able to live free of disease and maintain good physical and mental health, and the ability to think, learn, and remember clearly to 70-years-old and beyond.