Healthy ageing is a contested term, a 2023 paper reads – some believe it’s an absence of disease or disability, while others think it’s learning to live well with existing conditions.The World Health Organisation (WHO), however, has defined it as “the process of developing and maintaining the functional ability that enables wellbeing in older age”. To measure this, Take Five to Age Well, a project co-created by The Open University and Age UK, aims to give people simple, practical advice around how to age well.The project, which hopes to encourage older people to make one or more healthy changes for 30 days to improve their health, launched in May this year.The five science-backed points they hope users focus on are:1. Eating well “Having a varied and nutritious diet is essential for our health. As we age, it can become even more important,” the page reads. The