# Lifestyle diseases: The burden of choice?

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Christopher Dye
- Year: 2007
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/lifestyle-diseases-burden-choice)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Take exercise, wear seatbelts, eat the right food, stay off alcohol, and stop smoking. Is there a simple recipe for good health and Methuselan longevity? With luck and judgment, how many years of healthy life can we hope to enjoy? How much control over our health do we now have? Is living to be 100 simply a matter of choice (and personal sacrifice)?

## Lectures

1. [Lifestyle diseases: The burden of choice?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/lifestyle-diseases-burden-choice/bd31c31743a4) (YouTube)