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20s: Special Concerns
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20s: Health Tips
• Eating: Have healthy diet to prevent heart disease and diabetes. Eat lots of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean protein, low- fat dairy products, and get enough of protein, calcium, potassium, omega-3 fats, and folic acid. In addition, chew food slowly, eat the correct serving size for your body composition, and avoid fast foods. -
20s: Health Tips
• Physical Activity: Exercise regularly to maintain a healthy weight, as well as get the sleep that you need to remain active. Exercise 30 minutes a day with varying activities to stay fit. -
20s: Health Tips
• Preventative Health Care: Build bone mass to avoid contracting osteoporosis, wear sunscreen to avoid skin cancer and try to stay out of the sun and other tanning facilities. Have good hygiene, be aware of your family history so you can know which diseases you need to ward off now, and find a primary health care provider to take care of your health. -
20s: Routine Health Care
Get regular screenings for diseases by getting consistent medical check-ups to get blood pressure or cholesterol screenings. Women should regularly visit a gynecologist and get a pap test and a breast exam, as well as get appropriate prenatal care if they are pregnant, and Men should have testicular exams. Additionally, both should get regular dental and eye exams, treat skin conditions, get immunizations, and calculate their BMI to ensure that it is within a healthy range. -
30s: Health Tips
• Eating: Eat vegetables, fruits, whole grains, lean protein, low-fat dairy products, iron, folic acid, calcium, potassium, B and D vitamins, fiber, omega-3 fats, and limit fast foods and processed foods, as well as foods that contain an excessive amount of salt. -
30s: Health Tips
• Physical Activity: Get at least 30-60 minutes of exercise at least 3 days a week, and keep a healthy weight to prevent diseases. -
30s: Health Tips
• Preventative Health Care: Get enough sleep, do not smoke, avoid the sun and wear sunscreen to stop the onslaught of cancer, be mindful in the amount you drink, reduce stress, get regular screenings and keep a healthy BMI. -
30s: Routine Health Care
Routine Health Care: Listen to your doctor about the screenings that you need, such as for skin cancer, cholesterol and vision as well as hearing, dental, eye, breast, testicular, and pap tests. Make sure that you are also still getting immunizations. -
30s: Special Concerns
Keep track of your sexual and reproductive health, mental and emotional health, get regular skin care, have good posture to ward off back pain, and build muscle to avoid lots of fat. -
40s: Health Tips
• Eating: Continue to eat the same healthy diet as before.
• Physical Activity: Continue to exercise a few days a week and get enough sleep.
• Preventative Health Care: Do not smoke, consume excessive amounts of alcohol, and know your family history to understand what diseases you could be prone to. -
40s: Routine Care
Get regular exams, such as physical, dental, eye, and skin, and get screenings for blood pressure, cholesterol, colorectal cancer, mammograms, pelvic, breast, pap, bone density, and testicular screenings, as well as getting immunizations and the Baseline EKG as your doctor sees fit. -
40s: Special Concerns
Special Concerns: Sexual and reproductive health are especially important, men could experience a deficiency in testosterone, you may experience deteriorating vision and hearing, as well as skin damage, and digestive issues. -
50s: Health Tips
• Eating: Have good nutrition and limit the amount of salt you eat, as well as continue to eat the same healthy diet as before. Check to see if you need to take nutritional supplements
• Physical Activity: Get 30-60 minutes of exercise most day, as well as getting regular aerobic exercise, to maintain a healthy weight.
• Preventative Health Care: Getting enough sleep and challenging your mind will help you to be more aware. Exercise can keep you from developing osteoporosis. -
50s: Routine Care and Special Concerns
Routine Health Care: Do not smoke, get enough sleep, avoid stress, drink only in moderation, and continue to get all the same screenings as you would have gotten in your 40s, in addition to getting a diabetes screening.
Special Concerns: Look out for abnormal blood sugar levels, digestive issues, chronic pain, vision and hearing loss, and all sorts of other diseases. Specifically, women may go through Menopause if they haven’t already. -
60s: Health Tips
Health Tips:
• Eating: Eat fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy products, lean meats and proteins, as well as stay away from sugar and salt in foods.
• Physical Activity: Exercise for 30 minutes a day on as many days as possible to stay fit.
• Preventative Health Care: keep your heart healthy by knowing your blood pressure and maintaining a healthy BMI, as well as avoiding smoking. These can both help you live a longer, fuller life. -
60s: Routine Care
Routine Health Care: Maintain a healthy weight, do not drink too much, and ensure your medications do not interfere with one another. Get all the regular screenings as before, as well as an annual flu vaccine, a colonoscopy, a rectal and fecal occult blood test, a Pneumonia vaccine, PSA tests for men, a tetanus shot, and a thyroid test. Also ensure that your mental health and cognitive functions remain intact. -
60s: Special Concerns
Special Concerns: Heart disease arthritis, type two diabetes, osteoporosis, benign prostatic hyperplasia, incontinence, and stoke are all things that could occur in your 60s.
