Feature writer Charlie Cheverton is going to live to be 95 - according to a life expectancy calculator on the BBC health website.

So she knuckled down, took the plunge, and decided to see what she might look like a few years down the line as well.

She asked some local experts to "age" her using computer technology - and these were the results they came up with.

And as for her prediction of reaching 95, the Bournemouth Daily Echo writer said: "Considering a baby born in 2002 can expect to live to 75 if it's male and 80 if it's female, I'd say that's pretty good.

"So, what am I doing right?

"Even if you follow a healthy lifestyle and deny yourself various pleasures in the pursuit of physical wellbeing, you can guarantee that someone will tell you that their Great Uncle Reg - who ate a fry-up every morning, smoked 60 a day and washed it all down with a bottle of whisky in the evenings - managed to live to 102.

"That's because some of us are simply programmed to live longer. We have more efficient immune systems and even our DNA - the blueprint for life - is structured in such a way that the ageing process is slower. If your family is long-lived, there's a good chance you will be, too."

She added that these key top ten tips (in no particular order) may also hold the answer: eat healthily, watch your weight, stop smoking, drink red wine, stay out of the sun, exercise, chill out, move to the country, floss your teeth, and have sex.

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