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There is increased world-wide concern about the impact of multiple chronic conditions, especially among the rapidly aging population. Simultaneously, over the past decade there has been an emergence of state-wide and national initiatives to reduce the burden of chronic conditions that draw upon the translation of evidence-based programs (EPB) into community practice. Yet, little has been written about the national and international implementation, dissemination, and sustainability of such programs. This Research Topic features articles about EBPs for older adults, including a range of articles that focus on the infrastructure needed to widely disseminate EBP as well as individual participant impacts on physical, mental, and social aspects of health and well-being. Using a pragmatic research perspective, this Research Topic will advance knowledge that aims to enhance practice, inform policy and build systems of support and delivery in regard to the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance of evidence-based interventions for older adults. The focus is on knowledge transfer rather than knowledge generation but with a dual emphasis on the dissemination and sustainability of EBP that have been tested and shown effective as well as the adaptation of practice-based interventions into evidence-based programs. This Research Topic draws upon grand-scale efforts to deliver these programs, and include both U.S. as well as international examples. Commentaries discuss processes in the development and measurement of EBP and reflect perspectives from program developers and major national and regional funders of EBP as well as professionals and practitioners in the field. The full-length articles focus on four major programmatic areas: (1) chronic disease self-management programs; (2) fall prevention programs; (3) general wellness and physical activity programs; and (4) mental health programs. Additionally, articles are included to discuss cross-cutting issues related to building partnerships and the research infrastructure for the implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of evidence-based programming. The intent of this Research Topic is to enhance practice, inform policy, and build systems of support and delivery for EBP. It is written for a diverse audience and contains practical implications and recommendations for introducing, delivering, and sustaining EBP in a multitude of settings.

Gerontology --- Social Welfare & Social Work --- Social Sciences --- evidence based programming --- Fall prevention --- CDSMP --- older adults --- chronic disease self management CDSME programs --- healthy aging

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"npj aging aims to provide the community with a venue for publication of articles that provide new insight into all aspects of aging. The journal welcomes submissions from across the scope of aging research, from investigations of the biology of aging to clinical studies of interventions affecting the aging process and age-related diseases, to articles providing insights into the social and societal implications of aging."--publisher's website, viewed April 1, 2022.

Age factors in disease --- Aging --- Age factors in disease. --- Aging. --- Healthy Aging --- Geriatrics --- Gerontology --- Ageing Well --- Aging Well --- Healthy Ageing --- Well Aging --- Ageing, Healthy --- Aging, Healthy --- Aging, Well --- Well, Ageing --- Well, Aging --- Aging, Biological --- Biological Aging --- Senescence --- Mutation Accumulation --- Age --- Ageing --- Developmental biology --- Longevity --- Age and disease --- Diseases --- Physiological effect --- Age factors

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The coming years will see an exponential increase in the proportion of elderly people in our society. This accelerated growth brings with it major challenges in relation to the sustainability of the system. There are different aspects where these changes will have a special incidence: health systems and their monitoring; the development of a framework in which the elderly can develop their daily lives satisfactorily; and in the design of intelligent cities adapted to the future sociodemographic profile. The discussion of the challenges faced, together with the current technological evolution, can show possible ways of meeting the challenges. There are different aspects where these changes will have a special incidence: health systems and their monitoring; the development of a framework in which the elderly can develop their daily lives satisfactorily; and in the design of intelligent cities adapted to the future sociodemographic profile. This special issue discusses various ways in which sustainable technologies can be applied to improve the lives of the elderly. Six articles on the subject are featured in this volume. From a systematic review of the literature to the development of gamification and health improvement projects. The articles present suggestive proposals for the improvement of the lives of the elderly. The volume is a resource of interest for the scientific community, since it shows different research gaps in the current state of the art. But it is also a document that can help social policy makers and people working in this domain to planning successful projects.

healthy aging --- remote physical activity --- telerehabilitation --- personalized exergames --- natural user interfaces --- virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) --- exergames --- rehabilitation --- improve functional capacity --- SARS-CoV-2 --- post-COVID syndrome --- older adults --- sustainability --- technology --- readability --- Internet of Things --- sustainable development goals --- smart cities --- robotics --- gerontology --- health care --- elderly --- cognitive impairment --- psychosocial interventions --- sustainable technology --- socially assistive robots --- home health systems --- sleep monitoring --- sustainable technologies --- technology acceptance --- intergenerational game --- intergenerational communication --- VR game --- cultural heritage --- older adult digital gap

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The Mediterranean diet is well-known worldwide and recognized as a nutrition reference model by the World Health Organization. Virgin olive oil, prepared from healthy and intact fruits of the olive tree only by mechanical means, is a basic ingredient and a real pillar of this diet. Its positive role in health has now been a topic of universal concern. The virtues of natural olive oil, and especially of extra virgin olive oil, are related to the quality of the fruits, the employment of advanced technologies, and the availability of sophisticated analytical techniques that are used to control the origin of the fruits and guarantee the grade of the final product. To enrich recent multidisciplinary scientific information concerning this healthy lipid source, a new special issue of Foods has been published.

1H NMR spectroscopy --- EVOOs geographical origin --- extra virgin olive oil --- multivariate statistical analysis --- historical climate data --- olive oil --- biophenols --- Mediterranean diet --- pharma-nutrition --- cardiovascular disease --- authentication --- bioactive --- by-product --- glycolipid --- lipidomics --- mass spectrometry --- phospholipid --- traceability --- extra-virgin olive oil --- EVOO --- chlorophylls --- carotenoids --- pigments --- colour --- quality --- spectroscopy --- ultraviolet-visible light --- light absorption --- successful aging --- dietary fats --- authenticity --- cultivars --- triacylglycerols --- volatiles --- chemometrics --- extraction process --- innovative approaches --- ultrasound --- technological level of readiness --- varietal authentication --- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy --- polar lipids --- bio-phenols --- pharmaceutical molecular mechanisms of action --- primary public health prevention strategies --- healthy aging and longevity

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Over the last 100 years, the numerous advances in science, the improved sanitary conditions and a decline in poverty have led to an increase in life expectancy. As a result, in the coming years, the number of over-65s will triple, and the over-80s will be the fastest growing portion of the population.However, an increased lifespan is associated with an increase in chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, sarcopenia, and degenerative disorders. Therefore, ideally, increased lifespan should be associated to a better healthspan, which is the period one individual is living in good health.Based on evidence that aging is a multifaceted phenomenon, resulting from one or more failures at the molecular, cellular, physiologic, and functional levels, age-related diseases are difficult therapeutic targets.Data on the correlation between the quality of one’s diet and life expectancy, and the application of calorie restriction regimens, or of micronutrients, antioxidants and functional foods in the diet make nutrition, together with exercise, a natural weapon to combat age-related diseases and improve healthspan.

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