Classical medical research is disease focused and
still defines health as absence of disease. Languages, however, associate a positive concept of
wholeness with health as does the WHO health definition. Newer medical health definitions emphasize
the capacity to adapt to changing external and internal circumstances. The results of the 2010 Global
Burden of Disease study provides keys for a quantifiable health metrics by developing statistical tools
calculating healthy life expectancy. Of central social
and economic importance is the question whether
healthy ageing can be achieved