super seniors

SFU researchers on healthy ageing and effective wildlife conservation

By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate   Super seniors are not couch potatoes The longest living elderly in Canada generally have parents who live longer than average, but according to Angela Brooks-Wilson, a SFU biomedical physiology and kinesiology professor and distinguished scientist at the BC Cancer Agency, lifestyle plays a bigger role.       The 16-year study was conducted with healthy seniors ranging from age 85 to 109 years old, and it examined what super seniors did to have long, healthy lives.       Super seniors tend to be physically and socially active, participating in the community or in sports. Brooks-Wilson…

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