Did you know a report by researchers at the Ottawa Hospital found that six out of 10 deaths in Ontario were linked to five controllable habits? — via healthing_ca centenarian lifeexpectanty longlive longevity healthnews healthing
As you age, the inability to bounce back from disease increases and largely dictates how long you will live.Canadian physicians use similar tools, but a team of researchers at the Ottawa Hospital wanted to make one available to the general public. Project Big Life launched about 10 years ago and has undergone various tweaks and upgrades over the years to include calculators designed to estimate risk of heart attack or stroke, chronic kidney disease, dementia, and life expectancy.
They got their answer when, in the first half-hour of the website going live, it crashed under the weight of 50,000 users. Since then, millions of people from Canada, the U.S. and around the world have logged on looking to gauge their own potential health risks. “When we estimate the burden of health behaviours in Canada, diet is now number one, exceeding smoking,” says Manuel. “So, it’s a priority for us to get better eyes on it.”
“But, of course, if you walk out the door and get hit by a car, you’re not going to live to that 90 years that the calculator says,” notes Manuel. “There’s still randomness, and there’s a lot of things that aren’t included in the calculator. Probably the number one people ask about is family history and how that relates to their life expectancy. Unfortunately, we just don’t have that in the data so we haven’t been putting that in.
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