[quote=UCGal][quote=Jacarandoso]Kaiser used to have a physical program that they used to state the examinees health age. That was neat. Probably a more fair test.[/quote]
They still have it. It’s part of the full physical you can do every 5 years.
I’m seriously overweight, like obese, but have a much lower health age than my chronological age. It’s because I have low cholesterol, BP, and good lung capacity. Kaiser still yelled at me to lose weight. LOL. They are right to yell at me – I need to lose weight. But at the moment (could change overnight) my weight is not a health risk.
And Brian is right – belly fat tends to be riskier than fat packed on elsewhere. I’ve got an hourglass/pear shape. (weebles wobble but they don’t fall down, lol). I don’t have control over where the fat ends up… but I’m glad it’s not on my belly.[/quote]
It would be interesting to know if Kaiser has used, or will use, the chronological health age results against rates of bad diseases and actual ages of death. Also do people with good profiles actually look younger? Do they have better livers, good tendons and cartilage, low occurrence of arthritis and osteoporosis etc.
