Newswise — Mayo Clinic just released a study with new data on the gap between healthspan and lifespan.
Some key points from the research:
- On a global scale, the data shows a gap between healthspan (healthy years of life) and lifespan (years of life) climbing from 8.5 years in 2000 to 9.6 years in 2019, a 13% increase over the past two decades.
- The largest healthspan-lifespan gap was seen in the U.S., amounting to 12.4 years.
- The healthspan-lifespan gap in women was 2.4 years wider than with men – associated with a disproportionally larger burden of noncommunicable disease in women.
Experts available for interview about the importance of extending healthspan and how the research community is prioritizing healthy aging:
- Dr. Mehmood Khan, CEO of Hevolution Foundation
- HRH Princess Dr. Haya Bint Khaled Bin Bandar Al Saud,Vice President of Research at Hevolution Foundation
Quotes:
“We have figured out how to live longer, but we have not figured out how to live longer healthier. The biggest gap right now is not simply extension of life, but extension of healthy life.”
- Dr. Mehmood Khan, CEO of Hevolution Foundation, a first-of-its kind global non-profit organization investing in aging as a treatable process.
“We have an opportunity to secure a decade of healthy years. We must accelerate action now to secure a healthier future for all to thrive.”
- Dr. Mehmood Khan, CEO of Hevolution Foundation
“Our life expectancies over the last 100 years have almost doubled – we've gained almost 30 years of life expectancy, but as we’ve lived longer, the last 10-20 years of our life are now burdened with several age-related diseases. That difference has the potential to become disease-free periods.”
- Dr. Mehmood Khan, CEO of Hevolution Foundation
"Healthspan, the period of life lived in good health, is the truest measure of a life well-lived. It is time we pivoted our attention from merely adding years to our lives to adding life to those years."
- HRH Princess Dr. Haya Bint Khaled Bin Bandar Al Saud, Vice President of Research at Hevolution Foundation
Hevolution Foundation was created to help close the gap between healthspan and lifespan, and has funneled $400M+ into research to extend healthy years. They are driving efforts to understand the underlying biological processes of aging and increase access to safe, effective aging treatments for everyone.
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