Tennova launches new health initiative
Tennova Healthcare recently has developed an exciting new initiative designed to empower the Knox County community to live longer, healthier lives.
Enjoy the Ride: Navigating a Longer, Healthier Life is a free 12-day, longevity-focused e-mail series which launched on Monday, Sept. 15.
According to the Center for Disease Control, Americans’ average lifespan is longer than ever — 74.8 years for men and 80 for women — but Americans’ healthspan — how long a person is healthy and free of disease — is decreasing.
“Baby Boomers are more likely than their parents to have cancer, lung disease, heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, obesity, hearing problems and mobility difficulties,” the CDC stated in a press release. “Longevity merges lifespan and healthspan in the idea of growing older and staying healthy at the same time.”
“Longevity takes into account not only a person’s chronological age but also biological age,” said Dr. Valeriya Korchina, a primary care provider with Tennova Medical Group. “Age-related decline doesn’t have to be a foregone conclusion. With informed, proactive choices, at age 80, a person essentially could have the level of health expected at age 60.”
“The Enjoy the Ride e-mail series is designed to help people make proactive choices for long-term wellness,” the Tennova press release stated. “Daily road trip-themed e-mails include information about conditions most prevalent with aging, ways to prevent those diseases and descriptions of how healthy choices can impact longevity.”
“We find people in their 30s are already considering longevity, especially if they have a family history of conditions like heart disease or dementia,” said Tony Benton, CEO of Tennova Healthcare East Market. “We’re happy to see this trend because it’s never too early to start thinking about what you want your future health to look like — and we want to help people map that for themselves.”
To learn more about maintaining your brain, vision, hearing, heart, kidney, liver, gut, musculoskeletal and sleep health as you age, sign up for Enjoy the Ride: Navigating a Longer, Healthier Life, at Tennova.com/longevity.
“We’ll also give away prizes every day to help you on “the road ahead,” the release stated.
