A study has shown that fitness is the key (1) _____ long life, irrespective of body shape (2) _____ even smoking habits. Researchers discovered that people who exercise live longer than (3) _____, even if they are overweight and smoke. The study found that (4) _____ fit of the 6,000 middle-aged men in the study were five times more likely to die within six years of the start of the research than the fittest. This was true (5) _____ the men had heart problems, smoked or were overweight. Scientists concluded that it was better (6) _____ and active than skinny and sedentary. Dr Ken cooper, a fitness expert, said, “ You are better off smoking a packet of cigarettes a day and exercising regularly than (7) _____ a non –smoker and sedentary.” Although he adds, “But don’t misunderstand me. I am not endorsing (8) _____, I am trying to tell you how dangerous it is to be sedentary.” The British Government is putting pressure (9) _____ manufacturers to reduce high levels of sugar in food and to restrict the hard-sell of junk food to children in order to improve the nation’s health. But the new study suggests the Government should encourage more people (10) _____.