Allan R. Handysides M.B.,Ch.B.. FRCPC, FRCSC, FACOG. Director Health Ministries Department General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Kathleen H. Liwidjaja-Kuntaraf M.D., M.P.H. Associate Director of Health Ministries Department General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
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Allan R. Handysides M.B.,Ch.B.. FRCPC, FRCSC, FACOG.Director Health Ministries Department
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Kathleen H. Liwidjaja-Kuntaraf M.D., M.P.H.Associate Director of Health Ministries Department
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
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Symbols of SuccessSuccess Magazine
Good Health 58% Enjoyable Job 49% Happy Family 45% Peace of Mind 34% Good Friends 25% Intelligence 15%
Unlimited Money 11% Talent 7% Luck 6% Luxury Car 2% Expensive Home 1%
Motivating Factors in Life
/ Desire to be happy/ Desire to avoid suffering
National Geographic Magazine November 2005
/ Okinawans/ Sardinians/ Seventh-day Adventists
in Loma Linda, California
Centenarians
Dr. Ellsworth Wareham (91 years old)
Frank Shearer (100 years old)
/ Marge Jetton (101 years
old) / At 100 got 5
years driver’s license
renewal
/ Lydia Newton (112 years)
/ Ranks among
the world’s 20 oldest people
/ No suffering/ No lingering illness
October 31, 2005October 31, 2005
Lydia NewtonGraceful in Her Death
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Everyone likes to be healthy.
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Your Assessment Report
/ You know your “age”/ You know your “health
age”- your body’s true age based on your current health practices compared to the Good Health Practices study population
“ The average Adventist lived four to 10 years longer than the average
Californian. That makes the Adventists one of the nation’s most convincing cultures of longevity.”
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Dr. T. Oberlin (Harvard University)
“Such an increase in life expectancy at these adult ages is greater than all of the gains in life expectancy made in the
past 60 years…….”
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Sidney Katz in 1980(Canadian official)
“I have got some advice on how to improve the health of Canadians, and at the same time, cut billions of dollars off our annual health costs. I think we should study the lifestyle of the adherents of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and then explore ways and means of persuading the public to emulate the Adventist in at least some ways.”
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Choices….
Good AndPoor
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“The health you enjoy
is largely your choice.”
YourHealth
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Most Important Factor/ In making decisions,
good information isabsolutely important
/ The more you understand about
your health the more likely you are
willing to change
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Drs. Nedra Belloc and Lester Breslow
Among the first to present lifestyle as a longevity factor 6,928 adult residents of Alameda County, California were studied
7 influential lifestyle components were identified