HOW TO LIVE TO BE 101

Why do certain communities of people live ten to 20 years longer than Americans? Is there a secret characteristic—a hormone, a dietary ingredient, or a genetic factor—that makes longevity possible? Crisscrossing the planet to observe and interview the long-lived Vacca family of Sardinia, a sake-drinking Okinawan who has just celebrated her 103rd birthday, a bicycling Californian who remembers the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and Glasgow residents who tend to die young, viewers learn about research that emphasizes behaviors and environments rather than any single longevity factor such as nutrition or DNA. Grades 6 and up. English with English subtitles. Color. 50 minutes. BBC. ©2007.

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