How personalised behavioural interventions could transform healthy ageing
The National Institute on Aging is funding research through the Roybal Centers to develop personalized behavioral interventions for older adults. Northwell Health is coordinating these efforts to improve health outcomes and independence for the aging population.
Why it matters
As the global population ages, developing scalable behavioral interventions is essential for reducing the burden of chronic disease.
Modifiable health behaviours account for nearly half of deaths in the United States, with the burden of modifiable chronic disease being especially significant among those aged 60 years or older. Despite the importance of modifying health behaviours to improve health and reduce mortality in older adults, large-scale, stable health behaviour change has been difficult to achieve. Well-designed behavioural interventions are critical to supporting consistent health behaviour change.
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