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Healthy Aging

Promoting health and preventing disease across the lifespan is the key to staying healthy as we age. That’s why healthy aging is a national priority for ODPHP — and why we support initiatives designed to help all people live longer and stay healthy.

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Support Older Americans Month with our Resources!

Posted on May 5, 2025

May is Older Americans Month — a great time to highlight ways to support our nation’s growing older adult population. ODPHP offers a variety of resources to support your healthy aging work. Start by exploring Healthy People 2030’s healthy aging resources. Check out Healthy People 2030 and Older Adults for an overview of resources specific to older adults: View Healthy People 2030 objectives, use the objective search feature to find data for older adults, browse the Healthy Aging Custom List, learn about the impact of everyday factors like income and access to health care, and find evidence-based resources to support healthy aging work...

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About Healthy Aging

Healthy aging is a lifelong process — and prioritizing the health of older adults has benefits for all parts of society. Learn how ODPHP promotes healthy aging across the lifespan. 

Explore the About Healthy Aging page.

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Healthy Aging Resources

From relevant national objectives to resources on physical activity and nutrition, we have materials to support your work for and with older adults — and we’ve collected them all in one place.

Browse Healthy Aging Resources.

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Healthy Aging Events

ODPHP regularly hosts events to highlight successful approaches to healthy aging — and encourage collaboration and knowledge-sharing among professionals.

Download reports from past Healthy Aging Events.

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Healthy Aging Custom List

Healthy People 2030 features a variety of objectives related to helping people stay healthy as they age. We've compiled those objectives into a custom list so they're easy for you to reference and track.

Check out the Healthy People 2030 Healthy Aging Custom List.