Dr. Mandelbaum among other MDs asked weighs in on extending your “health span.”
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Life span has been a big topic in health for decades, but over the past few years, it’s been replaced by a focus on health span. While life span is simply about living longer, health span focuses on the part of a person’s life where they’re considered to be in good health.
Unfortunately, data show that Americans have some work to do around health span. A study published in JAMA Network Open in December analyzed data on the gap between health span and life span from 183 World Health Organization member states. Researchers discovered that Americans had the largest gap of 12.4 years. (By comparison, the global mean health span to life span gap globally was 9.6 years.)
Dr. Bert Mandelbaum, sports medicine specialist and orthopedic surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles and author of The Win Within: Capturing Your Victorious Spirit, says he tries to be active daily. “Every morning, I hike and run, bike, or lift weights,” he says. “Sometimes I swim. I try to do as many activities as I can.”
Mandelbaum says it’s important for him to enjoy exercise, and he tries to use activity to fuel his lifestyle. “These exercises require strength, balance, and coordination,” he says. “You have to have it all for health span.” 
