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20's - Maintaining Health
The 20's are the time where it is important to stay physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy. To maintain health throughout this time, you have to eat a healthy diet to reduce risks for heart diseases and other chronic health problems that might appear later in life, exercise regularly, stay away from smoking and illegal substances, drink alcohol in moderation if at all, and get sleep. -
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20's - Practices
Some important nutrients that are often ignored by those in their 20's are protein, calcium, potassium, omega-3 fats, and folic acid.
Some good practices to prevent health problems are to protect the skin and eyes and find a primary care provider. Having medical checkups every 2 years, such as a testicular exam for men or gynecological exam for women, as well as regular dental, dermatological exams is important. Special concerns include sexual and mental health, as well as accidental injuries. -
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30's- Maintaining Health
By the 30's, it is important to start worrying about things like a healthy weight through exercise, sleeping enough to prevent sleep deprivation. Maintaining mental, sexual, and emotional health is also important to keeping your overall health high throughout this time. -
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30's - Practices
Some practices that those in their 30's should hope to maintain are exercising and sleeping properly. However, in order to keep preventing health problems throughout the 30's, you should also continue to stay from tobacco products, harmful overexposure to the sun, excessive alcohol, and keep following health care provider's recommendations for tests and treatments. Special concerns for those in their 30's are mental, emotional, and sexual health, as well as care for the skin and for the back. -
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40's - Maintaining Health
The transition from a young adult to middle age brings with it another host of health concerns that are needed in order to maintain health concerns. For instance, those in their 40s still need to enforce healthy habits like eating right, being safe, avoiding carcinogens, and talking to a health care provider. It is also to be wary of and take actions to counter chronic pains, like arthritis, stress, unhealthy blood pressure and cholesterol levels, blood glucose, BMI, and osteoporosis -
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40's Practices
Some practices that you should actively engage in upon reaching the 40-year-old milestone are physical exams every 2 years for blood tests and overall health examinations, dental cleanings every 6 months, eye exams every 2 years, blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood glucose screenings, diabetes screenings, skin exams, colorectal cancer screening, and testicular/breast exams. Such practices are important especially for those in their 40's where preventative measures for diseases are important. -
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50's - Maintaining Health
Things that are important to do in your 50's to maintain health are eating healthy, staying healthy, maintaining proper weight, not smoking, getting sleep(through changing sleep patterns), reducing stress, and drinking alcohol in moderation. It is also important to keep up with common health concerns for those at a similar age, such as cancer, chronic pain, blood pressure/glucose/cholesterol issues, and menopause, as all of these are detrimental to your health. -
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50's - Practices
The practices of being healthy and avoiding unhealthy habits do not change that drastically from the last decade. Physical check-ups every 2 years, dental and eye exams, blood pressure/cholesterol/glucose screens, diabetes checks, skin and colorectal cancer exams, immunizations, and breast/testicular exams are all still very important practices that are needed to maintain health in the 50's -
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60's - Maintaining Health and Practices
In order to maintain health throughout the 60's, various practices have to be maintained or put into effect. Protecting the heart is vital to staying healthy at this time. To do this, you should maintain a proper weight, exercise regularly, drink alcohol moderately, and eat healthy foods, such as fruits, fibers, dairies, and proteins. Also, you should continue the screens and exams listed in the earlier decades, in addition to various other screens for other diseases like shingles and pneumonia.