Healthy ageing

Name: Healthy ageing
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Healthy life for a long time

Created bySechenov University

Last updated 8/2019

English

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What you'll learn

the influence of nutrition and physical activity on the overall health status of the organism

Course content

3 sections • 15 lectures • 1h 52m total length

What is healthy ageing?8:11
Healthy ageing means developing and maintaining functional ability for well-being in older age, driven by intrinsic capacity and supportive environments, enabling mobility, learning, relationships, and contributing to society.
Demography6:31
Demography highlights rapid global aging, with 60-plus rising to about 2 billion by 2050, mainly in low and middle-income countries, challenging health systems.
Mechanisms of ageing8:12
Explore the mechanisms of aging, including free radicals and reactive oxygen species, mitochondrial dysfunction, telomere shortening, and protein and DNA damage, and how their interactions drive aging.
Sex and genes7:11
Explore how sex and genes influence healthy aging, including hormone effects on cardiovascular risk and how insulin/IGF1, growth hormone, and sirtuin pathways affect lifespan in mice.
Misunderstandings about ageing6:20
Healthy ageing debunks the myth that older people are frail or dependent, highlighting their active contributions. Health in later life depends on physical and mental capacity, environment, and prevention.
Usual health disorders related to ageing4:12
Explore common aging-related disorders, including hearing loss and cataracts, diabetes, COPD, dementia, and frailty, and how geriatric syndromes predict mortality beyond single diseases.

Physical activity and inactivity7:21
Regular physical activity promotes healthy aging by lowering risks of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and depression. Distinguish basic activity, exercise, and sport; inactivity is a modifiable risk.
Epidemiology of physical inactivity5:31
Explore the global epidemiology of physical inactivity and the high rates among schoolchildren. Analyze demographic, regional, and economic factors shaping activity levels and implications for healthy ageing.
What does it mind: be physicaly active?5:58
Follow age guidelines: adolescents need 60 minutes daily with muscle and bone strengthening; adults 18–64 need 150 minutes moderate or 75 vigorous weekly plus strength training; older adults emphasize balance.
Beneficial effects of physical activity9:58
Regular physical activity improves muscular and respiratory fitness, strengthens bones, reduces risks of hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, breast and colon cancer, and depression, and supports weight control.
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Encourage practicing physical activity despite excuses by highlighting affordable, accessible options like walking, stairs, park activities, 30 minutes daily (or split). Emphasize benefits for all ages and healthy ageing.

Basic concept in nutrition8:58
Explore basic concepts of nutrition and its role in healthy aging, emphasizing adequate intake, regular physical activity, and nutrition as medicine to prevent malnutrition and disease.
Most important macronutritients8:08
Examine macronutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, fats) and micronutrients like fiber and water, including energy values, roles in energy storage, and health impacts such as blood sugar spikes and heart vascular disease.
Most important micronutritients13:22
Explore how minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and trace elements regulate muscle function and blood coagulation, alongside vitamins a, b, c, d, and k in metabolism and antioxidant defense.
Healthy diet7:10
Follow a population-based, culturally relevant healthy diet to prevent chronic disease, balancing energy intake with physical activity and emphasizing fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and unsaturated fats.
Final test

Requirements

Basic medical knowledge

Description

The aim of the proposed course is to acquire knowledge referring the influence of nutrition and physical activity on the overall health status of the organism as well as the modes through which by influencing on them health can be improved, reduce the risk of many diseases and provide healthy aging

Who this course is for:

doctors, medical students

Healthy ageing

What you'll learn

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Course content

Healthy ageing6 lectures • 41min

Physical activity and health5 lectures • 34min

Nutrition and health4 lectures • 38min

Requirements

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