Mintel’s global food science team and King’s College London’s ageing research division unveil the P4 framework—predictive, preventative, personalized, participatory—to address the disparity between lifespan and healthspan. They recommend targeted lifestyle and dietary strategies, emphasising fibre’s metabolic benefits, to promote sustained healthy ageing.

Key points

• P4 framework combines predictive analytics, preventative interventions, personalized regimens, and participatory engagement to close the healthspan gap.
• Dietary fibre is highlighted as a GLP-1 booster to modulate metabolism and support healthy ageing.
• Statistical analysis reveals significant years spent in poor health, underlining the need to prioritise healthspan over lifespan.

Why it matters: Focusing on healthspan over lifespan marks a paradigm shift, enabling targeted interventions that improve functional health and curb age-related disease more effectively.