Life-course approaches are needed to foster equitable healthy aging

Anita van Zwieten; Suraj Samtani; Mouna Sawan; Jo An Occhipinti; J. Jaime Miranda; Saman Khalatbari-Soltani

doi:10.1038/s43587-025-00875-5

Life-course approaches are needed to foster equitable healthy aging

Anita van Zwieten
, Suraj Samtani
, Mouna Sawan
, Jo An Occhipinti
, J. Jaime Miranda
, Saman Khalatbari-Soltani

University of Sydney
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
University of New South Wales
Faculty of Medicine and Health
University of Sydney
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

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The adoption of life-course approaches in health policy and practice has historically been limited, even though these approaches show promise in tackling global health challenges and inequities related to healthy aging. In this Comment, we discuss the importance of life-course approaches and actions needed to support their adoption.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	952-955
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature Aging
Volume	5
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-025-00875-5
State	Published - Jun 2025
Externally published	Yes

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