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Two 109-Year-Old Best Friends Point to Exercise, Diet and Kindness as Keys to Long Lives

Two 109-year-old friends who met during the Roosevelt administration say exercise, healthy eating and kindness are the keys to long, happy lives, according to CBS News.

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CBS News reported that two 109-year-old best friends say exercise, eating right and kindness are the keys to living long and happy lives. According to the outlet's published summary, a segment by Tony Dokoupil tells their story. CBS News video on the 109-year-old best friends

The summary says the two friends met during the Roosevelt administration. It does not say which Roosevelt administration is meant, and it does not give the friends' names, hometowns or the circumstances of their meeting. The summary also does not describe the specific exercise or eating habits the friends mention.

The segment's headline carries this line: "Just be kind to people." The source material does not say which friend spoke it, and it does not attribute any other direct remarks to either friend.

The claims about exercise, diet and kindness come from the friends themselves, as CBS News presented them. The summary does not indicate that the outlet consulted physicians, researchers or other outside experts on longevity, and no such findings are cited in the material available for this report.

The source listing names Tony Dokoupil as the person who has the story but carries no separate author credit. It gives no location for the segment beyond the outlet's name. This report draws only on the title and summary of the CBS News video and has not reviewed the video itself, so any details the full segment contains are not reflected here.

Sources: CBS News: 109-year-old best friends share key to long, happy lives: "Just be kind to people".

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