Comments on: Real Age Quiz

By: mardona

mardona — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:20:05 +0000

This from “dose of digital” blog and confirmed by Times: UPDATE: June 4, 2009. I’ve updated this post to correct a fact about RealAge. RealAge does not sell email addresses to any third party. However, as described originally by the New York Times, “RealAge sends the selected recipients a series of e-mail messages about a condition they might have, usually sponsored by a drug company that sells a medication for that condition.”

By: Christina

Christina — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:37:52 +0000

I agree. Especially the Real Age quizzes, I’ve tried them before but it always seems to me that they ask the wrong questions. They assume that in order to be a Kid at heart you have to completely avoid any foods but desserts and cry when you don’t get your way. However I don’t know many people AT ALL who do that. And if you just so happen to be busy and understand politics and such, automatically you must be at least 30. They’re generic and stereotypical. I think the only person who knows about how you act and your personality is yourself.

By: Health News: RealAge sells your medical secrets to Big Pharma | The eDrugSearch Blog

Tue, 12 May 2009 22:26:10 +0000

[...] have to agree with Mark Sisson’s take on the quiz at Mark’s Daily Apple: In our culture, we’re supposed to want to feel and [...]

By: Link Love Thursday

Link Love Thursday — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:53:52 +0000

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By: geeperscreepers

geeperscreepers — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:27:40 +0000

Is this article for real?? This quiz has been around for years!!

By: Son of Grok

Son of Grok — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:57:32 +0000

I forgot to add that the only reason I met the dairy requirement was because they counted eggs as dairy (how old school is that?). Otherwise I would have failed that too.

The SoG

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:19:01 +0000

Wow, I just took that test and while the answer was essentially the same as my biological age, I was a bit miffed with some of their suggestions. Especially for dealing with depression. Really, if it was that easy to deal with depression, I would no longer be dealing with that or an eating disorder. And “only doing the bare minimum” for exercise? I’m sorry, I thought the fact that I nearly fell over being tired and sweaty meant that I was actually working hard.

By: Trinkwasser

Trinkwasser — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:12:26 +0000

“Make whole-grain bread baked with sunflower seeds part of your healthy-eating plan and you may avoid diabetes.”

Shudder, that is complete medicine balls! Like SOG I’ve never been healthier since I started doing the opposite of what the dietician told me. My doctor loves the improved numbers, just not how I achieved them.

By: Marie

Marie — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:41:53 +0000

I took the test. Don’t even remember my “real age”. However, I did notice the ads that came to my inbox. I guess I didn’t read the fine print that said this was a ploy to get my email address to big pharma.

By: janice

janice — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:33:58 +0000

Took the test (a while ago while in my 40’s)) and my score came out 10 years older than I really am. Then I did it again leaving out the family history of breast cancer. I came out as being 10 years younger. No where in the recommendations for a healthier life did it say to divorce myself from my mother and my sister (both living well after surgery and no post op drugs I might add)!

Do the test put out by the insurance industry. You’ll feel much better about yourself. It’s based on only statistics.