life expectancy increases, but quality of life decreases

[LePatron7]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/burden-of-disease-study-shows-a-world-living-longer-and-with-more-disability/2012/12/13/9d1e5278-4320-11e2-8061-253bccfc7532_story.html

[cherimoya_kid]

Indeed.  this is the biggest reason I keep eating the way I do.  I like having good stamina, aerobic capacity, joint health, and strength, even as those qualities decrease in people my age, year after year.

[raw-al]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/burden-of-disease-study-shows-a-world-living-longer-and-with-more-disability/2012/12/13/9d1e5278-4320-11e2-8061-253bccfc7532_story.html

Thanks for the info. Naturally it will have problems in the way data is collected but the overview is definitely interesting.