Ageing Redefined: Embracing Healthier Years Ahead

Fast Summary

• A new measure of aging called “intrinsic capacity” focuses on individuals’ ability to live life in a meaningful way rather then just chronic disease diagnoses.
• Findings suggest that people born in the 1950s, especially in wealthy nations, may live the longest and healthiest lives yet.
• Challenges to maintaining this trend include rising obesity rates, pollution levels, and sedentary lifestyles.
• Managing chronic conditions effectively could ensure that being diagnosed wiht an illness doesn’t necessarily mark an end to good health under the intrinsic capacity framework.
• Advances like GLP-1 drugs for obesity and promising Alzheimer’s treatments indicate potential for improved healthspans via biomedical innovation.