About The Questionnaire

A detailed questionnaire containing 207 questions which required either numerical or multiple-choice answers was sent to each participant. The questionnaire contained eight sections which dealt with the following topics:

• Personal information
  General contact details
• General medical history
  Questions on the most common health problems which one may encounter, relating to both past and present health.
• Lifestyle
  Questions on past and present lifestyle - smoking and alcohol consumption
• Diet
  Questions on current eating habits
• Body shape
  Questions about how the participant's body shape has changed throughout his life
• Family history
  Questions about the participant's family history including offspring
• Healthy Ageing
  Questions about the participant's experience of ageing - health problems which have been experienced as participants have become older
• Sociodemographic
  Questions about the participant's education, career progression and current circumstances