Thank you, Madam Chair.
Yes, it does sound like a paradox, doesn't it.
When we look at chronic diseases and we think about diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular disease, for example, we see that obesity is a driver for those. So we're concerned that although at this stage we may be seeing that Canadians are reporting that they're feeling healthy, and we are living longer, there's a canary in the coal mine, and that's obesity. Over time, as our young people and young adults are increasingly obese, we are starting to see, for instance, type 2 diabetes being diagnosed earlier. We are starting to see more cardiovascular disease in younger age groups. But we're also really good at treating these diseases. So with more effective treatments, people are living longer with cardiovascular disease, and they're living longer with diabetes. But as the balance shifts, as those risk factors with negative impacts on our health continue to rise, of course the trajectory is expected to change.
I'm going to turn to my colleague to see if Dr. Sherman would like to add to that.