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How to Be a SuperAger
Try these tips to increase your odds of aging in a super way: healthy, active, mentally sharp and free of chronic pain and disability.
Feb 22, 2017
Dec 01, 2022
Menopause & Aging WellBeth brings a unique combination of sharp business expertise and women's health insight to her leadership of the organization. Beth has worked in the health care industry for more than 25 years helping to define and drive public education programs on a broad range of women's health issues. She launched and has expanded the HealthyWomen.org brand. As a result of her leadership, HealthyWomen was recognized as one of the top 100 women's health web sites by Forbes for three consecutive years, and was recognized by Oprah magazine as one of the top women's health web sites. HealthyWomen now connects to millions of women across the country through its wide program distribution and innovative use of technology.
Beth is responsible for the business development and strategic positioning of HealthyWomen. She creates partnerships with key health care professionals and consumer groups to provide strategic, engaging and informative award-winning programs. She serves as the organization's chief spokesperson, regularly participating in corporate, non-profit, community and media events. She also is a practicing nurse in maternal child health at Riverview Medical Center- Hackensack Meridian Health, in Red Bank, NJ.
In addition to her nursing degree, Beth holds degrees in political science, business and public administration from Marymount University.
To stay sane, she loves to run and compete in road races. She enjoys skiing and sailing with her husband and young son, and welcoming new babies into the world.
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We all want to grow old—but not just to tick off the years. We want to grow old in the best way we can: healthy, active, mentally sharp and free of chronic pain and disability.
Chicago neurologist Marsel Masulam coined the term "SuperAger," referring, specifically, to cognitive aging and memory performance. But I'd like to borrow it here and use it to pertain to the whole person—from head to toe.
And while we're not always in total control—after all, genes exert a big influence on our health—there are things we all should be doing in our quest to be a SuperAger.
Here are some things—mental and physical—that are within your power to do, every day, to up your odds of aging in a super way: