University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.
University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA.
Menopause. 2022 May 1;29(5):504-513. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000001995.
Charting the Path to Health in Midlife and Beyond: The Biology and Practice of Wellness was a Translational Science Symposium held on Tuesday, September 21, 2021. Foundational psychosocial and behavioral approaches to promote healthy aging and strategies to disseminate this information were discussed. The following synopsis documents the conversation, describes the state of the science, and outlines a path forward for clinical practice. Wellness, in its broadest sense, prioritizes an orientation toward health, and an embrace of behaviors that will promote it. It involves a journey to improve and maintain physical and mental health and overall well-being to fully engage and live one's best life. It is more about recognizing and optimizing what one can do than what one cannot do and emphasizes the individual's agency over changing what they are able to change. Wellness is therefore not a passive state but rather an active goal to be sought continually. When viewed in this fashion, wellness is accessible to all. The conference addressed multiple aspects of wellness and embraced this philosophy throughout.
健康学的生物学与实践是 2021 年 9 月 21 日星期二举行的转化科学研讨会。会上讨论了促进健康老龄化的基础心理社会和行为方法，以及传播这些信息的策略。以下概要记录了对话内容，描述了科学现状，并为临床实践指明了前进的道路。从最广泛的意义上讲，健康学优先考虑健康导向，并采取促进健康的行为。它涉及改善和维持身心健康和整体健康的旅程，以充分参与和过好生活。这更多的是关于认识和优化自己能做的事情，而不是不能做的事情，并强调个人对改变自己能够改变的事情的影响力。因此，健康学不是一种被动的状态，而是一个需要持续追求的积极目标。从这种角度来看，健康学对所有人都是可行的。本次会议讨论了健康学的多个方面，并贯穿始终地秉持了这一理念。
