HDFS 4413 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Starch, Ikigai, Dementia
29 Nov 2016
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Place(s) in the world where persons commonly reach 100 years of age in relatively good physical and functional health. Some argue that there are even locations within each state that persons commonly reach 100: approximately 10 time the rate than u. s, lower than normative rates of common causes of death in us: Heart disease (#1 killer in the u. s. as of now) Dementia/alzheimer"s disease: interesting because we want to know what it is about these places that causes a decreased likelihood of experiencing the above causes of death. Where are the 4 primary blue zones: nicoya, costa rica, sardinia, italy, ikaria, greece, okinawa, japan. Loma linda, california does not technically count because people can find places like this all over the u. s. loma linda is known for having a high concentration of people in nursing homes. These people are monitored more carefully than the average aging adult.
