1. The age-performance relationship in the general population and strategies to delay age related decline in performance
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Fabien Pifferi, Patrick A. Carter, Adrien Marck, Archana Singh Manoux, Philippe Noirez, François-Denis Desgorces, Jean-François Toussaint, Juliana Antero, Michael Spedding, Geoffroy Berthelot, Stacey Johnson, Institut de recherche biomédicale et d’épidémiologie du sport (IRMES - EA 7329), Institut national du sport, de l'expertise et de la performance (INSEP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Institut national du sport, de l'expertise et de la performance (INSEP), UFR STAPS, Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Mécanismes adaptatifs : des organismes aux communautés (MAOAC), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Collège de France (CdF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University (WSU), Spedding Research solutions SARL, Epidémiologie des déterminants professionnels et sociaux de la santé, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Hôpitaux de Saint Maurice (HNSM), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut national du sport, de l'expertise et de la performance (INSEP), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Mécanismes Adaptatifs et Evolution (MECADEV), and Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Gerontology ,Aging ,medicine.medical_specialty ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Performance ,Population ,Poison control ,Age-performance ,Occupational safety and health ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Injury prevention ,[SDV.MHEP.PHY]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Tissues and Organs [q-bio.TO] ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,education ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,2. Zero hunger ,Public health ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,lcsh:Public aspects of medicine ,Research ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,lcsh:RA1-1270 ,Cognition ,medicine.disease ,Obesity ,Cognitive training ,[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
The age-performance relationship describes changes in the organism’s structural and functional capabilities over the course of the lifespan. The typical, empirical pattern is an asymmetrical inverted-U shape association with peak capacity occurring early in life. This process is well described in the literature, with an increasing interest in features that characterize this pattern, such as the rate of growth, age of peak performance, and rate of decline with aging. This is usually examined in cohorts of individuals followed over time with repeat assessments of physical or cognitive abilities. This framework ought to be integrated into public health programs, embedding the beneficial (such as physical or cognitive training) or adverse effects (such as chronic diseases or injuries) that respectively sustain or limit capabilities. The maintenance of physical or cognitive performances at older ages would result in both optimal health and promote resistance to disabling conditions and chronic diseases, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. The causes of accelerated degeneration of health optima are mainly: sedentary and unhealthy lifestyles -including poor nutrition-, exposure to environmental pollutants, and heterogeneity in aging. Better knowledge of optima, compatible with or required for good health, should also allow for establishing ideal conditions for longevity.
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- 2019