RealAge Test

[debster913]

OK, so I took this RealAge test online today. I was bored at home with not much to do and one of my friends recommended it. This test is pretty much a health quiz and asks you all kinds of questions ranging from heart health to how much of you recommended daily allowance of vitamins and minerals you get per day to if you own any pets and what kind of car you drive (risk of accidents, I'm guesing on the last one).

So after finishing this quiz, it says I'll get my results emailed to me within an hour or two. After dinner, I got back on the ol' computer and checked my mail. Looks like my "Real Age" is 45.2. (I'm turning 33 next month). I get this list of all the things that I'm doing right, like exercising, eating right, and so on, but because I don't have a dog (no kidding) and have had a heart attack
(32 years ago in the birth canal) and had mitral valve prolapse until I had surgery to fix it, I'm "generally unhealthy." So I can watch my weight and exercise and keep my stress to a minimum, but I'm 12 years older than my chronological age according to this test because I don't have a dog and survived a heart attack- as a baby.

The funny thing is with this test--and what I feel is its main flaw-- is that they don't really take into account individual factors. The test may say I'm as healthy as a "typical" 45-year-old, but I feel like I'm 25. So there.

Just thought I'd put in my 2 cents for the summer...

Have any of you taken the RealAge test? What did you think of it?

Debi (debster913)

 

[Ross]

Got a link to this test?

http://www.realage.com

 

[CThrock]

Where is this site? It sounds interesting!! I would love to take that kind of test.
Unless it shows me I'm 100 yrs old.

 

[Ross]

http://www.realage.com

 

[CThrock]

Thanks Ross!! And how old were you on this test 29....

 

[Ross]

I don't know yet. I'm betting 105.

 

[ponygirlmom]

So I can watch my weight and exercise and keep my stress to a minimum, but I'm 12 years older than my chronological age according to this test because I don't have a dog and survived a heart attack- as a baby.

You have to take these things with a grain of salt. If I were you, I wouldn't have mentioned the heart attack at all, because you know that the whole thing was written with the assumption that heart attack = smoking bacon-wrapped cigarettes between gulps of moonshine and whipping cream.

I'm going to take the test and see what they say.

 

[Dina]

There was one test I took that was more visual/memory oriented,
it would flash several numbered circles for a half-second and then
you were asked to remember the numbers and in what area they
were in. It was called something like the true age of your brain.
Then there was the Dr Phil age test too. I did better on the former.
I was looking for the link--cant find it, Watch... Ross will probably
have it , it boggles the mind

 

[Ross]

The result is I'm equal to 62.

 

[perrypiratesdad]

This should be interesting.

 

[ponygirlmom]

I'm going to take the test and see what they say.

And they said.... nothing! They never sent my results!

 

[JimL]

54.1 -- they added almost a year to my age. Why? Because I eat too much red meat: one serving per week (they didn't ask how large the serving was...) That would have made me even older, except that I got younger by driving a silver car. Of course, what really made me older was not having a dog, not knowing my cholesterol numbers (they always are normal, but I don't remember what the numbers are), and because my body mass index is on the high end of normal, 23.2. I found the test highly prejudiced -- but even prejudiced people can lead normal lives, if their prejudices are balanced out. It was also a little fun.

 

[Mary]

It knocked three years off my real age, but I strongly disagree with the one factor they said kept it from being much lower. My total cholesterol is 130, and my HDL is 60. They said the 130 was an indicator of a much younger age, but the HDL is "average". I don't believe it!

 

[perrypiratesdad]

I'm 39 and it says my real age is 54.

They say that I take too many meds (okay, I'll stop taking my coumadin and BP meds and see what happens), I should buy a bigger car (but won't that contribute to global warming), I'm not a healthy role model... not sure why it says that since I work out everyday, It says I should only eat red meat one a week.... I'll die first, boost my omega 3 fish oils... I take a supplement thank you.

I think this is interesting, but I think it also has some issues on how it figures your age.

 

[Susan BAV]

Thanks Debi; it was interesting.

They may not be able to figure me out because I didn't recall my HDL. And I may "flunk" anyway because I'm not currently exercising .

Some of the questions were difficult for me to find a simple answer for also.

I found it curious that they didn't ask about second-hand smoke from childhood, which I think could be an important issue.
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Okay, my realage came out to four years older than I am because: I need to eat healthier and exercise more and lose weight and take better care of my teeth.

My husband's realage came out to a few months younger than his actual age !

 

[Superbob]

They subtracted 4.2 years off Superbob's real age! Superbob likes this survey/test.

 

[terryj]

Okay SuperBob they added your 4.2 years to my age because I don't have a dog,I have to take care care of an older parent,have osteoporosis and diabetes and need to exercise more. I also don't always take my meds as prescribed.

 

[Superbob]

It knocked three years off my real age, but I strongly disagree with the one factor they said kept it from being much lower. My total cholesterol is 130, and my HDL is 60. They said the 130 was an indicator of a much younger age, but the HDL is "average". I don't believe it!

Mary, you wuz robbed! My chart says that 40 to 60 is the ideal range for HDL. Mine barely makes it at 42. Hard to believe they zinged you for being at the upper end of the range. After all, this is the "good" cholesterol.

 

[zipper2]

I came at 82 come on!!!!!!
shoulda lied
Don't know what the jeepers i did wrong

zipper2(Deb)

 

[CThrock]

The results for me were terrible!!!!! It said I was 65, what the hek did I do wrong. I don't feel a day over 40. Gave some good info but was'nt thrilled with the outcome..