Vonda Wright confirms age when you develop deadly diseases Dr Vonda Wright has emphasised the need to prioritise health well before reaching retirement age, following a discovery from The Diary of a CEO podcast host Steven Bartlett. In their discussion, the 31-year-old businessman told the doctor that he had researched into the average ages when people are most likely to get a potentially deadly disease, such as; heart disease, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as well as breast and prostate cancers. With this, he weighed the data up with the amount of people that die from each of those diseases and, as a result, he found that "62.

94 years old is the exact age" when a person is likely to be diagnosed with one of those health issues. Dr Wright, who is also an orthopaedic sports medicine surgeon, confirmed the accuracy of this data and stressed why being aware of any health issues early is important. She explained: "Those are when they manifest, you may have them before then, maybe you never knew it.

"I have people say to me when I ask them their health history, 'What medical problems do you have?' and they're like, 'I don't have any'. Only because they've never been to a doctor. Read More.

.. Experts say 'drink this before meals to lose weight and stop cravings' Dr Vonda Wright shared the 'critical' age to start being aware of any health issues (Image: YOUTUBE/DIARYOFACEO) "Or, maybe they've been diagnosed but they haven't gotten so bad that they're not.