Learn about the personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that influence your health, and steps you can take now to increase your longevity and quality of life.
In this Episode:
- 03:22 – Ways to Die in the Future: Extended Old Age
- 06:22 – Recipe of the Week: Road-Trippin’ Tuna Salad
- 08:12 – How to Take the Slow Road to Death with Informed Choices about Our Health
- 42:13 – Supercentenarian Obituaries – Ruthie Tompson (1910-2021)
- 45:18 – Outro
Take the Scenic Route
Given that most people are death-adverse, why don’t we take better care of ourselves so that we can stay on the slow road to death? Even though everyone dies, there are a wide range of preventable deaths, so we don’t have to be first to this finish line.
This week we start a new series about preventing early death and what you can do to slow your roll to the end of life.
What are Determinants of Health?
Determinants of health are the physical, social, economic and environmental factors that influence health status. It also takes into account individual behaviors, access to health services, education, housing, transportation, food and environment.
We look at each of the main determinants to examine how they affect our health, and what we can do to improve our lives now.
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Supercentenarian Obituaries – Ruthie Tompson (1910-2021)
Listen as Charlie tells the wonderful story of Ruthie Tompson, a Disney legend who lived to be 111!
Recipe of the Week:
Head to Barefoot Cas for a quick and easy tuna salad to take on your road trip in the slow lane! https://www.barefootcas.com/blog/quick-easy-road-trip-dinners
References:
- 7 Ways to Die in the Future: https://futurism.com/7-ways-die-future
- Increase Gut Bacteria Diversity Here’s How: https://www.drberg.com/blog/increase-gut-bacteria-diversity-heres-how
- Hard Work and Fizzy Drinks: What It Takes to Live Past 110: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/21/arts/oldest-people-advice-long-life-supercentenarians.html?login=email&auth=login-email
- Ruthie Tompson Dies at 111; Breathed Animated Life Into Disney Films: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/movies/ruthie-tompson-dead.html
- Cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and Triglycerides in Children and Teens: https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/topic/default?id=cholesterol-ldl-hdl-and-triglycerides-in-children-and-adolescents-90-P01593
- Obesity Rate by State 2024: https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/obesity-rate-by-state
- Islami F, Marlow EC, Thomson B, et al. Proportion and number of cancer cases and deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors in the United States, 2019. CA Cancer J Clin. 2024; 1-28. doi:10.3322/caac.21858 https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/showCitFormats?doi=10.3322%2Fcaac.21858
- Determinants of Health, Risk Factors, and Prevention: https://med.libretexts.org/Courses/Lumen_Learning/Book%3A_Disease_Prevention_and_Healthy_Lifestyles-1_(Lumen)/03%3A_Introduction_to_Personal_Health/3.05%3A_Determinants_of_Health_Risk_Factors_and_Prevention
- DEATHS BY DEMOGRAPHICS: https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/all-injuries/deaths-by-demographics/top-10-preventable-injuries/data-details/
Resources:
- NON-MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS: https://pwc.ottawaheart.ca/awareness/heart-health-portal/risk-factors/non-modifiable-risk-factors
- Find Out about Your Own Health Risks: http://www.keepmewell.org/cgi-bin/q
- My Family Health Portrait: https://cbiit.github.io/FHH/html/index.html
- Families Sharing Health Assessment and Risk Evaluation (SHARE) helps families learn how their family health history affects their risk for diseases. It is funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute. Your family health history plays a part in your risk and your family members’ risk for many different diseases: https://www.genome.gov/research-at-nhgri/Projects/Families-SHARE
- Family Health History: https://www.cdc.gov/family-health-history/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/genomics/famhistory/index.htm
- Is Geography Destiny? How Environments Shape Our Lives: https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/earth-focus/is-geography-destiny-how-environments-shape-our-lives#:~:text=It%20originated%20as%20a%20claim%20among%20Greek%20philosophers%2C,tones%2C%20because%20of%20the%20environments%20that%20shaped%20them.
- Half of US Cancer Deaths Avoidable, ‘Alarming’ Study Says: https://www.newsweek.com/half-cancer-deaths-avoidable-alarming-1923502
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