Healthy ageing and the science of longevity in dogs. Part II: a life course perspective
| Autor: | David Mark Morgan, Vicki J Adams, Penny Watson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
Gerontology General Computer Science 040301 veterinary sciences media_common.quotation_subject Longevity 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology Ageing Life course approach Healthy ageing Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Companion Animal. 23:514-522 |
| ISSN: | 2053-0897 2053-0889 |
| Popis: | If healthy ageing is the key to longevity, as we proposed in the first article of this series, then we suggest that one must recognise that this is a lifelong process beginning from conception, and is influenced by early life and other events that offer windows of opportunity to influence health outcomes later in life; this is a concept that we will refer to as a life course perspective. Healthy ageing also requires us to embrace whole organism thinking in clinical practice and future research on ageing, recognising that all health care decisions involve trade-offs and can be both good and bad for an individual dog. The concept of compression of morbidity suggests that if the onset of chronic illness could be postponed, this would reduce the lifetime burden of illness and would contribute to a longer healthspan. The economic benefits of slower aging, and reduction in the associated health care costs, are encompassed by the concept of the longevity dividend. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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