Move Like Your Life Depends on it: Because It Does
Move Like Your Life Depends on it: Because It Does (5/17 @ 7pm, Free Virtual Event)
Stanford doctors/professors present the difference between lifespan & health span.
Event Host(s): Santa Clara Valley Section Affinity Group, LM >> Santa Clara Valley Section Affinity Group, CN >> Oakland-East Bay Section Affinity Group, LM >> Santa Clara Valley Section Chapter, EMB18 >> Santa Clara Valley Section Affinity Group, WIE
Wed, May 17, 2023 virtual by zoom 7:00pm – 8:30pm Pacific time
You must register in advance. Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrdOuuqzgvGtZsIAN7OLpdEsCkPG2Yzg69
by Jack Keene, MD, FACEP, Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute and Anne L. Friedlander, PhD, Stanford in the Program in Human Biology
Lifespan is how long we live. Healthspan is how long we live well.
The aging process takes a significant toll on our bodies limiting our functional capacity and diminishing the quality of our lives. We lose up to 3% of our muscle mass per year, 1% of our bone density per year, and our cellular physiology changes leading to metabolic syndrome, diabetes, hypertension, heart attacks, and strokes, plus our brains shrink by about 1% per year with attendant memory issues and dementia.
Lack of exercise costs the healthcare system $117 billion per year. This does not include the untold suffering from falls, loss of independence, and the burdens placed on our families.
We cannot stop the aging process, but we can slow it down.
Exercise creates biochemical changes that can mitigate all these changes. We can add new muscle, strengthen our bones, reduce our blood pressure, improve body composition and a host of other physiologic changes. We can improve our healthspan to more nearly match our lifespans.
We are developing an easy-to-use app, “GetMoovin,” to make exercise fun and create community through a free photo sharing platform. In addition, it provides a sophisticated subscription side to help people plan their healthspans by guiding them through a process of identifying what is important to them and providing a program to make sure they can do the things that are important to them as they age.