Mediterranean Diet In Healthy Aging

The World elderly population is expected to double before 2050. Unhealthy habits and unhealthy lifestyles are commonly associated with age-related diseases or their worsening. Modification in daily lifestyle and diet may help preventing age-related diseases onset and efficiently affecting their evolution, thus promoting the Healthy Aging process, concept recently coined to describe the disease-free aging process. This review highlights the role of nutrition science in promoting healthy aging. Since the Mediterranean Model demonstrated to be a useful style in supporting healthy aging, promotion of this correct lifestyle by health policies seems to be the best approach to achieve this target.

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The world elderly population is expected to double before 2050, and unhealthy habits and lifestyles are commonly associated with age-related diseases. Modification in daily lifestyle and diet may help prevent age-related diseases and promoting Healthy Aging concept. The Mediterranean Model has shown to support healthy aging and promoting this lifestyle through health policies seems to be the best approach to achieve this target.