This fact sheet summarises some of the insights from the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project (CHAMP), one of the most comprehensive studies of older men’s health, describing the patterns of healthy and less-than-healthy ageing, and the factors related to each. 

Led by Emeritus Professor and former CEPAR Chief Investigator Robert Cumming, the study tracks older men's lives as they progressed to old age and as their health, relationships, and circumstances changed; and ultimately, for some, how they passed away. Each follow-up since 2005 collected extensive answers to questionnaires, as well as physical and cognitive performance examinations and blood tests. 

So far, the project has led to over 100 academic papers on biological, clinical, and psychosocial aspects of ageing, with thousands of citations. This Fact Sheet summarises some of these insights, describing the patterns of healthy and less-than-healthy ageing, and the factors related to each. It includes insights on the nature of ageing itself, on the degeneration of muscles and bones, nutrition, hormone changes, reliance on medicine, social participation, pain, injury, morbidity, and mortality. In future, men are expected to live longer, healthier lives, and in a small part it will be thanks to lessons learned from CHAMP.