After surveying 3,635 people aged 60 and up about their health, Yale University School of Public Health researchers discovered that people who read books for 30mn or more per day live 2 years longer than non-readers!
Reading books works better than magazines and newspapers.
Reading more than 3 hours and a half per day bring a 6% advantage compared to those who read more than 30mn.
(Full study here http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953616303689)