Health Insurance Daily

Healthy Aging For Older Adults

According to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, by 2030, the number of older Americans will have more than doubled to 70 Million, or one in every five Americans.

Although the risk of disease and disability clearly increases with advancing age, poor health is not an inevitable consequence of aging.

Much of the illness, disability, and death associated with chronic disease is avoidable through known prevention measures. Key measures include practicing a healthy lifestyle (e.g., regular physical activity, healthy eating, and avoiding tobacco use) and the use of early detection practices (e.g., screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers, diabetes and its complications, and depression.

posted by Mike @ 10:27 AM