Health and Wellbeing in Midlife and Healthy Aging

Dear Colleagues,

Globally, people are living to older ages than ever before. The World Health Organization estimates that between 2015 and 2050, the worldwide population of people 60 years and older will nearly double from 12% to 22%. Supporting the health and wellbeing of this aging population will play a large role in the flourishing of our communities and our world. Midlife is a crucial time to identify and address health and wellbeing needs of our older populations. It can be a period of declining health, increasing functional limitations, disability, and chronic conditions, and changes in mental health. Midlife can also be a critical period for enhancing the transition into healthy later life. Lifestyle, social interaction, and preventive care have important impacts on health and wellbeing in older age. Maintaining or adopting a healthy lifestyle, even in midlife, has health benefits. Exercise and fitness in midlife are associated with better cognitive function in later life, and healthy behaviors in midlife are predictive of healthy aging. There is a critical need to identify factors that maximize wellness for diverse midlife and older adults during this important window of opportunity, when preventive care, health services, and lifestyle changes may still contribute to healthy aging. This Special Issue welcomes papers that focus on factors that enhance health and wellbeing in midlife and that can lead to improved health, wellbeing, and quality of life in older adults. This call is open to original research and scholarly reviews.

Dr. Pamela Jo Johnson
Prof. Dr. Dawn Upchurch
Guest Editors

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