Opinion: Move over, longevity: Healthspan is what we should be chasing By The Conversation August 10th, 2026By Stuart Phillips, Professor of Kinesiology, McMaster UniversityI’ve spent more than three decades studying how exercise and diet keep us healthy. But one thing keeps showing up in the data: living longer and living well are not in sync. Betting on healthspanAt McMaster University, the new McCall MacBain Kinesiology and Healthspan Institute aims to close the healthspan gap. None of these are luxuries, but they are a core foundational infrastructure of a longer healthspan, which for far too many Canadians is simply out of reach. We may discover that pursuing a longer healthspan also leads to even greater longevity, for all.