Beach Cities Health District Brain health study approved by board
The Beach Cities Health District Board of Directors has approved plans to pay for a three-year brain health study they say may provide evidence that their lifestyle programs, such as Yoga on the Beach, provide long-term health benefits for residents. File photo The Beach Cities Health District will partner with nationally-recognized neurology experts for a three-year study to better understand the link between healthy lifestyle changes, resulting from the Health District’s Blue Zones Project, and brain health in older adults. An agreement approved by the BCHD Board of Directors last week would pay $105,000 annually to develop and sponsor a three-year clinical trial, potentially proving that BCHD preventative health initiatives have positively affected Beach Cities residents. “We’ll have numbers showing that we’re actually doing what we think we’re doing: Making a difference in terms of brain health for the community by our programs,” said BCHD Board Member Vanessa Poster. “We focus on evidence [for our programs] and this gives us evidence for our community and where we’re going.” The partnership, called the Healthy Minds Initiative, was conceived in 2016 after BCHD staff met with…
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