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Vitality Index: ‘The HAPY Pie’ |

Monitoring the HAPY Phenotype

• Based on all this information, we have prepared the Benevia vitality index, which is the ‘pie’ of healthy aging. This ‘pie’ is conformed by seven slices that together constitute what the HAPY phenotype really is and that appear as the consequence of following the heavenly seven:
  1. Adequate motor function
  2. Preserved cognitive function
  3. Weight maintenance
  4. Absence of chronic disease
  5. No mental disorders
  6. Good interpersonal relationships
  7. Good emotional well-being
• Nobody should be satisfied with less than the seven slices of the HAPY pie. Slice by slice, a colorful, full and happy life depends on it.

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• The goal is clear (the HAPY phenotype), we know what we want to avoid (the big bad 5) and how to avoid them and reach our goal (the heavenly seven), but how do we know how well we are doing and how close we are to reaching our goal (the HAPY phenotype)?
• To answer the question posed above, different scientific teams have gathered to develop tools that could permit individuals to assess the characteristics of the trajectories of aging that they are currently following.
• These tools are some oriented to measure an overall aging process while others target particular systems of substantial relevance such as the age of the cardiovascular system (heart age)
• The tools are available online and here is a list of links that would allow you to measure how well you are aging and provides supporting information on the necessary measures to improve your aging experience.
• Overall aging Tools:
  • Real Age: http://www.realage.com
  • Grow Youthful: http://www.growyouthful.com/quiz.php
• Mental Age Tests:
  • Mental Age Test: http://en.nienteansia.it/tests/mental-age-test.html
• Heart Age Tests:
  • Heart Age: http://www.heartagecalculator.com/
  • Cardiovascular Risk Calculator: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/heart-disease-risk/HB00047

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