We’re near invincible when we’re young. We can happily drink as much as we want, eat fast food every night of the week, and submit our bodies to punishing contact sports, while waking up the next day with only a mild hangover and a couple of bruises. It doesn’t take long for this lifestyle to get the better of us, however, as we get a few more years behind us the effects really take hold.

There comes a time when we must make a significant change. If we want to remain healthy in both body and mind into old age, we need to pay more attention to how we treat ourselves. A new study is looking at the ‘wellderly’—people hitting their nineties while holding onto their sharp cognitive abilities:

The study of 1,400 individuals found that long-term cognitive health is associated with protection from such chronic diseases as cancer, heart disease and diabetes, which account for 90 percent of all deaths in the United States and more than 75 percent of health care costs.

John Rawlings, 90, of San Diego is one of the study’s participants. The Indiana native and World War II veteran started playing softball in his 70s and was inducted into the National Senior Softball Hall of Fame in 2009. He also is an avid reader.

“When I turned 90, they said, ‘Let’s have a big party,’” Rawlings said. “I told them, ‘You’d better wait until I turn 100.’”

We should all be aiming to join this group. But if we’re ever to become a member of the wellderly, we’ll need to look after our bodies and minds. Check out the full post for more details.

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