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Addressing all of these domains to optimize brain health will require consideration about how to define brain health and resilience and about how to identify key elements to measure those concepts. Understanding the interactions between the brain, the body, and socioenvironmental forces is also fundamental to improving brain health.
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The Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee showed that habitual physical activity reduces symptoms of anxiety and depression, lowers the risks of developing depression and dementia, and helps to improve sleep quality. Individuals who habitually perform physical ac tivities usually report having a better quality of life.
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WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES To explore issues related to brain health throughout the life span, from birth through old age, a public workshop titled Brain Health Across the Life Span was convened on September 24 and 25, 2019, by the Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice in the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies. The workshop was sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.
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Chapter 6 broadens the discussion further, examining brain health in the social context. Chapter 7 explores brain health across the life span, with a focus on ways forward in brain health measurement and research.
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