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How to be healthy and happy at 100
— seven guidelines for ageing women | | Author(s) | Peggy Edwards |
| Journal title | Generations Review, vol 16, no 3/4, September 2006 |
| Pages | pp 13-15 |
| Source | (Editorial e-mail address) gr@ageing.ox.ac.uk |
| Keywords | Older women ; Centenarians ; Good Health ; Conference proceedings. |
| Annotation | In the course of preparing a report on women, ageing and health for the World Health Organization (WHO), the author, a health promotion consultant from the Chelsea Group, Ottawa, Canada suggests guidelines for women who wish to live to be happy and healthy at age 100. First, don't be born into a poor family. Second, complete secondary education and make learning a lifelong pursuit. Third, get a job in the formal sector that provides a decent wage and access to income and health security benefits. Live in a society that recognises and rewards unpaid caregiving and provides equitable access to health care needs. Fourth, marry a man with a gentle nature who is 10 years younger than you. Fifth, stay physically active, and don't buy into the seductive tactics of the tobacco industry. Sixth, Don't get cardiovascular disease, but if you do, get help early and insist on equal access to treatment. If you live in a developing country, don't get cataracts and other vision problems. Lastly, celebrate menopause as a natural transition and refute against ageist and sexist myths and stereotypes. This is one of eleven papers from the International Federation on Ageing (IFA) 8th Global Conference in May 2006 in this final issue of Generations Review. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060915205 A |
| Classmark | BD: BBT: CD: 6M |
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