Photo: Brits Healthier Than Americans, Study Says

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To your health! Prince Charles raises a glass at a pub in Stainforth, England, in 2001. No word as to whether traditional pub grub has anything to do with it, but older Britons are much healthier than their U.S. counterparts, a new study says.

Photograph from Associated Press/WPA

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