British study finds individuals mostly responsible for ill health in later life

Amelia Hill, writing for The Guardian: Individuals bear at least 80% of the responsibility for their ill health in old age, according to a report aimed at challenging the belief that physical decline is either inevitable or primarily the responsibility of the state. This finding is from the Oxford Longevity Project, conducted in the United Kingdom. Eighty-percent sounds high to me, considering people are not always in control of the circumstances they might find themselves in.