Researchers from Harvard Medical School looked at data from the National Health Interview Study from 1966 to 2003. From the 1980s to 2000, the findings show that those who lived the longest were the most highly educated.
The “highly educated” were defined as anyone who had had at least one year of college. The researchers defined “low level” of education as having at most graduated from high school.
It isn’t the education itself but rather that educated folk are less likely to smoke and less likely to be obese.