Healthy Ageing and Lifestyle Medicine: Current Knowledge and Future Direction (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Geriatrics (ISSN 2308-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Healthy Aging".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 6
Special Issue Editors
Interests: lifestyle medicine; health promotion and prevention interventions; physical activity and nutrition
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Interests: patient safety; clinical pathways; quality in healthcare; healthcare planning and organization; lifestyle medicine and safety
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Population ageing continues to be one of the most significant challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. Known as the third demographic transition, it is projected that by 2050, the global population aged 65 and over will double. The World Health Organization defines healthy ageing as “the process of developing and maintaining the functional ability that enables well-being in older age.” This demographic shift requires healthcare systems to go beyond traditional disease management models and embrace new paradigms rooted in prevention, health promotion, and lifestyle medicine. The growing demand for holistic and person-centred approaches calls for multidisciplinary strategies that address the complex needs of older adults and support them in maintaining autonomy, resilience, and quality of life.
This second edition of our Special Issue builds on these foundations by calling for cutting-edge research and forward-thinking perspectives. We invite contributions that explore innovative frameworks, technologies, interventions, and policy models aimed at promoting active and healthy ageing at all levels—individual, community, and systemic.
We welcome a broad range of submissions, including original research, systematic and narrative reviews, short reports, policy commentaries, and case studies. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Novel applications of lifestyle medicine in adult and older adults;
- Digital tools and AI for ageing in place;
- Community-based interventions for health promotion;
- Workplace intervention for health promotion and prevention;
- Strategies to reduce health inequalities in ageing populations;
- Interdisciplinary approaches to support functional ability and well-being.
Your contributions will help shape the ongoing discourse on ageing and offer valuable insights for improving longevity, health equity, and life satisfaction in older age.
Dr. Alice Masini
Prof. Dr. Massimiliano Panella
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Geriatrics is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- active aging
- healthy ageing
- aging population
- longevity
- lifestyle medicine
- healthcare
- healthcare workers
- care model
- policy
- quality of life
- well-being
- safety
- systematic reviews
- scoping reviews
- narrative reviews
- observational studies
- quasi-experimental studies
- randomized control trials
- qualitative study
- mixed methods research
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