Seven changes to make to your diet to help you age well
There’s the Mediterranean diet, and the protein rich diet. And what about blue foods? Eat your way towards healthy ageing with these simple rules.
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What is your ‘health age’?
Want to know your ‘health age’? Use our ‘health age’ calculator to find out.
Wise words: some of our greatest elders speak about ageing
They’re in their ninth and tenth decades. So what do some of the nation’s leading elders have to say about ageing? Watch the video to preview their stories in coming weeks | WATCH
What you need to be doing at a minimum to age well
Want to know how to live better for longer? We all do. Here are the latest tips from Australia’s experts on how to improve your chances of ageing well – and it’s not just diet and exercise.
‘Deaths of despair’, obesity hit under-50s
Australia has one of the highest life expectancies in the world, but like other high-income English-speaking countries such as the US and Britain, there’s a serious problem for those under 50.
Want to slow down getting older? Go travelling
Could there be a better reason to travel? New university research has found evidence positive tourism experiences can slow the ageing process.
‘Ageing challenge’: navigating demographic shifts; economic impacts
The global ageing trend, fuelled by declining birthrates and increasing life expectancy, presents significant challenges and opportunities that demand urgent attention, writes Hari Hara Priya Kannan.
Star scientist’s claim of ‘reverse aging’ draws hail of criticism
Other longevity researchers rebuke Australian-born Harvard geneticist; ‘The selling is a step too far’
Knowing your ‘ageotype’ could add years to your life
Science has identified four distinct ways our bodies age. Paying extra attention to your biological ‘Achilles heel’ may be the key to staying healthier, longer.
What a $3000 ‘longevity’ health assessment actually tells you
The old question of if you were given a box containing the exact date of your death, would you open it has now become: how much are you prepared to pay for the privilege?
Anti-ageing, AI and psychedelics: The wellness trends to know
From mind-altering medicine to hi-tech health, these trends will shape the world of wellness in 2024.
Fans, celebrity, scandals: what life is really like at 110
Supercentenarians – or humans aged over 110 – are late arrivals to the world of celebrity. But as they age they attract intense attention from experts, investigators and internet superfans alike.
Want to avoid Australia’s aged care mess? Just live to 100
We can’t stop the biological clock, but according to a new TV show we could be just a few servings of sweet potato away from cracking triple figures.
Rich and rare: Lowy takes stock
Even for Australia’s richest, not everything is attainable and for Frank Lowy, one commodity has eluded him.
How to live well in your final decade
Health-adjusted life expectancy tells us how many of our final years we can actually expect to enjoy.
Longer lives may not go swimmingly
Of the gains to our life expectancy in the past three decades, a disproportionate amount has been in years of less than full health.
What would you do?
Neil O’Riordan helped his beloved partner Penny die on a Thursday because ‘it’s a s–t night on TV’.
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