To Live Long!

The wider you grin and the deeper you , the more likely you are to live longer. According to a new study, broader smiles that makes wrinkles around your eyes are indicative to a positive outlook of life, implying a long, happy and healthy life.

A group of students who researched on this theory studied 230 pictures of major baseball players printed in the 1952 baseball register. Each picture came with a listing of the player''s vital statistics, including age, weight, height and marital status.

Then, in the study, researchers at Wayne University in Michigan, America, ranked players according to their smiles and ter lines, spanning from none at all, to partial and then those with a full blown toothy grin and crinkled eyes.

They then compared the chart to the lifespan of each player to reach the conclusion. Out of the 184 players, those in the 'no smile' section lived an average of 72.9 years while the players in the 'partial smile' group lived to around the age of 75.

The ones with the widest grins lived an average of 79.9 years – a full seven more years compared to their unhappy counterparts.