Staying healthy in your 50s, 60s and 70s means adapting to wear and tear, but also embracing all the different ways to thrive. By focusing on some common areas – like nutrition, exercise and meaningful connections – you can age well in every decade.

Here’s what you need to know to extend the quality of life in these decades.

Staying healthy in your 50s

Entering midlife, a person’s health needs can begin to change.

Sometimes these changes can be challenging, but there is “plasticity to ageing”, says Nathan LeBrasseur, director of the Mayo Clinic’s Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, and you do have some control over the process.

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