WASHINGTON£¬ Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- People who have an optimistic view on life are more likely to live longer£¬ a U.S. study said Wednesday.

The study£¬ published in the American Journal of Epidemiology£¬ analyzed data from 2004 to 2012 from 70£¬000 women enrolled in the Nurses' Health Study£¬ a long-running U.S. study tracking women's health via surveys every two years.

The researchers looked at participants' levels of optimism and other factors that might play a role in how optimism may affect mortality risk£¬ such as race£¬ high blood pressure£¬ diet£¬ and physical activity.

It found the most optimistic women£¬ or the top quartile£¬ had a nearly 30 percent lower risk of dying from any of the diseases analyzed in the study compared with the least optimistic women£¬ or the bottom quartile.

The most optimistic women had a 16 percent lower risk of dying from cancer; 38 percent lower risk of dying from heart disease; 39 percent lower risk of dying from stroke; 38 percent lower risk of dying from respiratory disease; and 52 percent lower risk of dying from infection.

Previous studies have linked optimism with reduced risk of early death from cardiovascular problems£¬ but this was the first to find a link between optimism and reduced risk from other major causes.

"While most medical and public health efforts today focus on reducing risk factors for diseases£¬ evidence has been mounting that enhancing psychological resilience may also make a difference£¬" said Eric Kim£¬ research fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and co-lead author of the study.

"Our new findings suggest that we should make efforts to boost optimism£¬ which has been shown to be associated with healthier behaviors and healthier ways of coping with life challenges."

The study also found that healthy behaviors only partially explain the link between optimism and reduced mortality risk. One other possibility is that higher optimism directly impacts our biological systems£¬ Kim said.

Co-lead author and postdoctoral research fellow Kaitlin Hagan said optimism can be altered with relatively uncomplicated and low-cost interventions£¬ even things as simple as having people write down and think about the best possible outcomes for various areas of their lives£¬ such as careers or friendships.

"Encouraging use of these interventions could be an innovative way to enhance health in the future£¬" Hagan said.

by Wong Lok-yee www.cortezkopen.com , Liu Xin

BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- While footballers from 32 countries show off their skills at the World Cup in Brazil, a group of children have also been practicing their footwork in a park about 20,000 km away in Beijing.

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China Club Football has hired 12 foreign coaches who are qualified by the Football Association or the Union of European Football Associations to train 4,500 children in Beijing's Chaoyang Park.

"Chinese footballers are very eager to learn nike cortez kopen sale ," says Andy Scott, a coach in the program. "Whether they're in the professional league or in a school team, they want to learn about more advanced football theories."

"I love to share my experience with them," adds the Englishman nike cortez kopen , who chose China over South Africa when he decided to teach abroad.

Two hundred children, ranging from 8 to 15 years old, go to the park every weekend, when football classes are arranged according to their ability.

Ma Tianlang Nike Air VaporMax Flyknit Betrue 2017 Blauw Schoenen Kopen Sale , an 8-year-old boy who has been in the program for two years, is like most schoolchildren in China in that he participates in many extra-curricular activities but has little time for sports.

"The concepts of teamwork and determination are too complex for children to understand," Ma's father says. "I just want him to stretch his legs and stay healthy."

He adds that it is up to his son's interest and ability whether he will become a professional player one day.

Ma stayed on the pitch dribbling a football after his class had ended. His father says he seems to be more attracted to football than English, painting Heren Nike Air Max TN Rood Schoenen Kopen Sale , and piano, the other things that he learns during weekends.

Although most children in the club do not speak English, communication is not a problem as each coach is accompanied by a Chinese assistant and many coaches speak "football Chinese."

Scott can often be heard shouting "Great kick! Pass the ball!" in Mandarin.

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Coaches at the club are experienced members of the football arena. Scott used to work at West Ham United doing development work, while his colleague Alex Arnold trained professionally at Liverpool, but missed the chance of appearing for the historic club because of his knee injury.

Arnold has forgotten his disappointment at not playing in the English Premier League Nike Air Presto High Ultra Flyknit Wit Schoenen Kopen Sale , and now finds excitement and satisfaction in teaching children football in China.

"I love to see their smiling faces on the field," he says.

China's football development lags behind the world, and it is time to correct that, according to the foreign coaches.

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