Hasse Jansen

Founder and creator of and

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Overhauled the social metric. It focuses not just on frequency of social meetings, but on social support experienced, depth and closeness of relationships, and diversity of social network as well.

The metric is based on this famous TED talk: https://t.co/SDZyS12c6o

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Added kilos/pounds to lose/gain in the #BMI recommendation section as well.
#BodyMassIndex #Longevity

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Just updated the #BMI curve data. It now caters to #underweight, very low BMI people as well.

#BodyMassIndex #overweight #longevity

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The #LifeExpectancy gap between men and women in North America:
#Canada: 4 years
#USA: 6.7 years
#Mexico: 8.7 years

Find out how your country stacks up on:
https://t.co/YH2G4FJrf2

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Smoking a pack a day can at most be offset 50% by doing physical activity.

#smoking 20 cigs a day shortens #lifespan 10+ years. To gain 5 years through sports, you'd need to put in almost unreasonable effort weekly:
- 5 hours of rope jumping, or
- 6 hours of 9 min/mile running

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3 cigarettes shorten lifespan more than 4 alcoholic beverages do, consumed daily.

Being a mild occasional smoker seems worse than being quite an enthusiastic drinkist.

#smoking #longevity #alcohol

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Men in the #UK live 12 years longer than the global average for their #gender. Undoing that benefit would require #smoking 28 cigarettes daily.

Living in the right country can offset chain smoking, from a #longevity standpoint.

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Russian men live 10 years shorter than women. In Sweden the #longevity difference between #gender is only 3.5 years.

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German women live 6 years longer than the weighted global average. To negate that benefit, you'd need to drink 7 #alcoholic beverages daily.

Or put differently, being an alcoholic in Germany, you could still outlive the average female globally.

#longevity #germany #gender

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The #longevity benefits for physical exercise follow a curve, showing diminishing returns. Your first hour of activity per week is more effective than, say, the fifth. Made a tool to find out:
https://t.co/fzEigB5wN5

#sports #fitness #fitnesslifestyle

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Here's a coincidence. Sleeping 1 hour too little per night costs 2 years of lifespan.
Over the course of 50 adult years, that's exactly the additional time you spend being awake. 50 years * (1 hour/24 hours) = 2 years.
I'm choosing well-rested over perma-sleepy though.

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Women in the #UK live 7 years longer than the global average for their #gender. Undoing that benefit would require #smoking 7 cigarettes daily.

Living in the right country can offset unhealthy habits, from a #longevity standpoint.

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Americans lose around 1 year of #lifespan to #alcohol on average.

Find out how alcohol affects your personal lifespan here: https://t.co/nbvB1gL9Ph

#USA

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Years of life gained by weekly physical activity
#longevity #sports

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According to some scientists, mild #alcohol intake can actually extend #lifespan up to almost one year. Conclusions differ between different research papers though.

Find out how your alcohol intake affects #longevity here: https://t.co/nbvB1gKBZJ

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Years of life lost due to #smoking in North and South American countries.

As in most #countries around the world, men smoke more than women.

#longevity

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Years of life lost by #women in #Europe due to #smoking

#longevity #tobacco #gender

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Gentlemen, we are so screwed part 5.
Men in #USA live almost 6 years shorter than women. A #BMI of 45 (morbidly obese) shortens life by almost 6 years.
Women of average height weighing 120 kg (264 lbs) are expected to outlive normal weight men.

#longevity #gender #weightloss

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Years of life lost due to #smoking per country in #Africa
Numbers are generally low compared to other continents. Northern African countries are leading the pack. Female smokers are virtually non-existent.

#longevity #gender #tobacco

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Mexican men live 9 years shorter than Mexican women. This is equal to the lifespan you're expected to lose due to #smoking 12 cigs daily.

Men around the world live shorter than women, but the difference is huge in Mexico. The -4.38 indicates years lost for men, which women gain