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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Isabel Keane

Ever heard of intrinsic capacity? The health term you should know

What if there were a way to determine how well someone was aging — without focusing on their ailments or diseases?

That’s the idea behind intrinsic capacity, a holistic measure that shifts the focus from treating individual diseases to tracking a person’s overall functional health, vitality and mental acuity.

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