Vorwort

As the proportion of the world’s elderly population continues to increase, an interdisciplinary discussion on active healthy aging is crucial to address the challenges and burdens placed on global health, economic, industrial, financial, and social systems posed by age-related illnesses and problems. It is an unprecedented challenge to look from so many perspectives on the process of aging and work jointly across different scientific disciplines in order to recommend people successful aging strategies. The conference offered an ideal opportunity for basic scientists, clinicians, and practitioners to engage in discussions relevant to the topic of "Active Healthy Aging". Researchers from fields of sport science, medicine, neuroscience physiology, nutrition, gerontology and cognitive science took part in a lively exchange of their expert opinions. The conference highlighted the most recent developments, results, and trends in this rapidly evolving discipline. This compendium of papers presented at this conference demonstrates the diverse approaches to "Active Healthy Aging" or to "How to age successfully". (geändert)