Table 1.
Themes related to the public perception of healthy ageing, along with the respective topics and sample tweets (N = 63,809).
| Theme and topic (keywords) | Sample tweets | Number of tweets, n (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Theme 1: Healthy diet and lifestyle are components of healthy ageing | ||
| Topic 1: Eating well (health, active, exercise, care, research, nutrition, tips, innovation, active healthy, living) | “Eat Well but Not More than You Need Great meals are a component of our happy days as we progress through life. However, it is not just eating good meals that can promote healthy aging.” “The Face of Healthy Aging #Diet #Health” “An underserved area of food: meeting the nutritional needs of older adults to inspire healthy aging. Excellent report” |
41,719 (65.4) |
| Topic 4: Health benefits of yoga (yoga, yoga healthy, yoga healthy aging, aging yoga, healthy aging yoga, pose, yoga yoga, aging yoga healthy, baxter, yoga yoga healthy) | “#meditate and change your life #freedom #spirit #yoga #healthyageing” “Week two of YogaMotion for Healthy Aging is about to begin” “#HealthyAgeing: Yoga for all ages, fitness levels, instructors say:” |
818 (1.3) |
| Topic 5: Health supplements (supplements, vitamins, vitamin, nutraceuticals, healthy aging nutraceuticals, aging nutraceuticals, supplement, product, supports, anti) | “Check out this great supplement which helps with healthy aging” “Healthy Aging with Vitamins and Supplements The aging progression in our bodies is an on going thing eac.” “Vitamin supplement vital for healthy aging | Drink Asea: A vitamin supplement is a vital part of healthy aging. …” |
780 (1.2) |
| Topic 6: Arts and music (arts, music, dance, arts promote, arts promote healthy, using arts, creativity, using arts promote, using, promote) | “Using #Arts to Promote #HealthyAging. #ArtsMatter #ArtsHeal #MusicHeals #ArtfulLiving #Creativity” “Important and inspiring! Using the Arts to Promote Healthy Aging via #creativity #aging #health” “Overjoyed to see amazing artwork being created at #AALForum. With this in mind, shouldn't we also be focusing on how the #arts and creative activities can be integrated with technology for healthy ageing? #creativity” |
790 (1.2) |
| Topic 7: Healthy ageing month (aging month, healthy aging month, september, september healthy, september healthy aging, tips, healthyagingmonth, month september, celebrate, national) | “September is #Healthy Aging Month. Objective? Taking responsibility for one's health. Physically, socially, mentally or financially.” “healthmedx: September is Healthy Aging month, and today is Aging Awareness Day! CDC says life expectancy for 75yos increased 1 mo/year 200″ “September is Healthy Aging month! Right on!” |
775 (1.2) |
| Topic 9: Social integration (loneliness, social, isolation, social isolation, friends, health, connections, loneliness isolation, social connections, wellbeing) | “Social connections helping people to live well and age well #healthyageing” “Intergenerational interactions is a Win-Win to reduce #SocialIsolation and recognize the importance of keeping social connections for #HealthyAging at every age!” “Social activities key to healthy aging” |
540 (0.8) |
| Topic 14: Healthy ageing events (tour, ageing tour, healthy ageing tour, stage, race, stage healthy, stage healthy ageing, aging tour, healthy aging tour, Netherlands) | “The Healthy Ageing Tour is one of few woman s stage races. I hope the global coverage of this year s race has shown how exciting and harsh this small women s race actually is. Welcome, new viewers to women s stage racing in the Netherlands! #HAT21″ “#hat2017 Floorball at THE Finish HealthyAgeing-Prof ladies Cycling tour 2017 Stadskanaal Netherlands. Floorball side event” “Agree fully with this. A shame that the focus has been diverted from funding coverage of the Healthy Ageing Tour. Coverage grows the sport and attracts sponsors, rather than reinforcing the already successful.” |
406 (0.6) |
| Theme 2: Maintaining normal bodily functions | ||
| Topic 2: Mental cognition and brain health (brain, dementia, alzheimer, memory, cognitive, brainhealth, alzheimers, brain health, aging brain, exercise) | “#Aging gracefully: Keeping your #brain healthy as you age #HealthyAging #HealthyEating #Exercise” “I completely agree! Learning new things keeps your brain young. #healthyaging #brainhealth #explore” “Here at #MIFHS pushing the conversation forward re: holistic brain health. This dovetails quite nicely with the newly launched Healthy Brain Initiative: Road Map Alzheimer's Disease and Healthy Aging” |
2756 (4.3) |
| Topic 8: Maintaining skin appearance (skin, skincare, beauty, aging skin, healthy aging skin, skin care, anti, healthyliving, wrinkles, antiaging) | “Successful and Healthy Aging begins with your mindset and a good skin care regime. While we don t have a …” “Healthy ageing for everyone #stretchmarks #skincare” “These are the anti-ageing products you need to keep your neck looking great #Ageing #healthyageing #healthyliving” |
738 (1.2) |
| Topic 10: Hearing impairment (hearing, hearingloss, gerotwitter, hearing loss, hearinghealthequity, audpeeps, loss, hearingcare, publichealth, hearingloss healthyaging) | “We need to address #HealthPolicy reforms to expand the accessibility; affordability of #HearingCare services; devices More about HEARS: PS: I've known Anne Madison for years; she's wonderful! #HearingHealthEquity #HealthyAging #HearingLoss” “Our sense of #hearing lets us collect, process and interpret sounds without conscious effort and people take this extraordinary ability for granted. #HealthyAging” | 431 (0.7) |
| Topic 11: Maintaining sleep (sleep, sleep healthy, sleep healthy aging, healthy sleep, world sleep, world sleep day, sleep day, healthy sleep healthy, worldsleepday, good sleep) | “DEEP SLEEP is essential for healthy aging! Be careful with MELATONIN. It is actually a hormone and not something …” “Quality Sleep Can Promote Healthy Aging” “#Early to Bed, Early to Drop #Pounds. Quality #sleep can promote #healthyaging.” |
433 (0.7) |
| Topic 12: Gut health (gut, microbiome, gut microbiome, microbiota, bacteria, gut bacteria, healthy gut, gut microbiota, probiotics, aging gut) | “If you are ‘ridiculously healthy’ & 90, your gut bacteria looks the same as a 30 year-olds'! Does healthy gut = healthy aging or vice versa?” “Research shows that a healthy gut can reduce anxiety and support brain function! Having a healthy microbiome is also essential to healthy ageing! #brainhealth #antiageing #probiotics #prebiotics #workwithjules #support #supple” “Healthy aging: Gut bacteria may prevent disease #PrecisionMedicine #healthcare #aging #microbiome” |
430 (0.7) |
| Topic 13: Bone health (bone, osteoporosis, bones, arthritis, pain, health, bone health, musculoskeletal, joints, osteoarthritis) | “No more achy knees for me!! Healthy aging, active joints and younger looking skin! #investinginmyself” “Support Healthy Aging With Joint Support Advanced Keep an active, healthy lifestyle at any age. Protect and …” “Joint paint doesn't mean #arthritis. diagnosis can tell you, and which of the 50+ type you may have. #healthyaging” |
415 (0.7) |
| Theme 3: Preventive care | ||
| Topic 3: Genetic contributions (genes, longevity, cells, genetic, cell, stem, genetics, gene, biomarkers, human) | “Gene Variants are Just Not Important Enough to be Interesting in the Matter of Human Life Span #healthyaging” “More #Longevity #Ageing #HealthyAging #HealthyYears A #curatedthread. An overview @ #ageing. Understanding healthy #OlderAdults at the molecular level, combined with understanding """"ageing"""" animal models might lead the way to healthy #aging for ALL.” “An Interview with George Church on Gene Therapy and the Treatment of Aging as Medical Condition #healthyaging” |
803 (1.3) |
| Topic 15: Immunization against flu and other respiratory viruses (covid, covid 19, 19, covid19, pandemic, flu, vaccines, adults, vaccine, health) | “UN Ambassador Hoshino of Japan and speaking on the importance of ending immunization inequality and #G20 leadership on life course#vaccinesforall #healthyaging” “Healthy aging is important! An annual #FluVax is 1 step for helping maintain your health #FluShotChallenge” “The implementation of the Immunization Agenda 2030, Global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer, and global plan of action of the Decade of Healthy Ageing 2021 2030.” |
345 (0.5) |
| Topic 16: Preventing falls (falls, fall, prevention, falls prevention, fall prevention, fallsprevention, fallprevention, balance, prevent falls, prevent) | “#StopMeFromFalling When I first read this, the first thing that came to mind as a physio was whether it was a plea from older people! Opportune moment for a great shout out to physios to address #fallsprevention #frailty #activelifestyle #longevity #healthyageing” “Falls prevention is key for healthy aging. #Bladder issues like nocturia may be a driver of falls& fractures. #HealthyAging2015″ “Falling is not an inevitable consequence of #aging writes Jane Brody #Falls #healthyaging” |
356 (0.5) |