healthspan

English

Alternative forms

• health span

Etymology

From health +‎ span, modelled after lifespan.

Noun

healthspan (plural healthspans)

1. The length of time in one's life where one is in optimal health.
   • 1995, Kay A. Van Norman, Exercise Programming for Older Adults, Human Kinetics, →ISBN, page 3:

     Improving the healthspan of older adults could dramatically lessen the impact of an aging population on the health care industry.

Quotations

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Related terms

• gerospan