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From health + span, modelled after lifespan.
healthspan (plural healthspans)
- 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.
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