Unique ID: LM0124
Study ID: Muniak 2020
Pubmed ID: 33010894
Database Version: 5/17/2023
Title: How Do Geriatric Principles Inform Healthy Aging?
Publication Year: 2020
Journal: Clin Geriatric Med
Primary study aim: Discuss Geriatrician guidelines in promoting healthy aging to postpone chronic illness, maintain vigor, and slow social involution.
Study Design: other review (not SR)
What lifestyle pillars were studied? Diet/nutrition, Stress/mental health, Social connection
Please select the population(s) studied: older adults (55+ yrs)
What is the mean age of the study population? NR
What was the age range of the study population? NR
What was the mean BMI of the study population (kg/m2)? NR
What was the BMI range of the study population (kg/m2)? NR
Sex (% male): NR
Study outcome 1: Motivational interviewing
Key conclusion:
Geriatricians are well suited and needed to address healthy aging as a core objective of
scholarship and advocacy. Several geriatrics principles and approaches translate well to lifestyle medicine, such as
aptitude for complex and holistic thinking, appreciation for low technology, high-touch
modalities, reliance on high-functioning systems, and focus on person-centered care
and functional optimization.