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Originally Posted by jswinden
I'm a later Baby Boomer approaching 60, so I find most of the so-called health apps to be nearly useless for my case. For me I just want to monitor sleep, heart rate, and activity levels. I'm not interested in dieting, running marathons, or most of what the younger folks do. I'm more interested in doing what I can to keep waking up on the sunny side of the grass!  |
Our conceptions of "health" and "preventive health" have become absolutely obsessively focused on diet/exercise/weight, as a society. There are a whole range of things that are health determinants, possibly one of the biggest one being your socioeconomic status. Beyond that, advice on preventive health just seems to be diet-exercise-diet-exercise! When in fact, there are so many other things you can do to promote your own health:
- sleep enough hours
- wear a seatbelt, don't drink 'n' drive (or text 'n' drive)
- care for your teeth
- don't smoke, and drink in moderation
- wash your hands
- keep your immunisations up to date
- seek happiness, belonging, and contribution
- be creative