Aussie Study Finds The Secrets to Healthy Ageing

February 25, 2010 | By Kim Walker

From this small town in Western Australia emerges one of the more comprehensive and fascinating studies of healthy ageing.

Reported here in the Financial Times, this study was done on a shoestring up until a couple of years ago, so recent government backing will allow the study to exist properly.

Called the Busselton Healthy Ageing Study, it will draw on some of the existing pool of participants, plus newcomers to the town, to look at factors relating to healthy ageing. The research will measure vision and hearing disorders, respiratory and cardiovascular disease, muscle strength, obesity, diabetes, sleep disorders, bone health, spinal pain, and mental health and cognition among up to 5,000 adults aged between 45 and 64 years old.

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