The Institute, along with collaborative partners, seeks to develop a strategic architecture for a new “health and wellness” ecosystem that is designed to support optimal health within the Lake Nona community.  Our perspective is that individuals within the social and cultural context of a community can have a profound impact on their personal health and wellness.  The Institute’s mission is to utilize this green field opportunity working with the community of residents and employers, as a learning laboratory to study and activate new initiatives that have a measurable impact on health and wellness.

Some specific goals are to:

• Reduce RealAge by 10%
• Advance Health Awareness
• Develop Sustainable Healthy Behaviors across the Community
• Measurably Improve Modifiable Risk Factors
• Reduce Rates of Chronic Disease
• Enhance Aging in Place

A founding health and wellness partner for the Institute is Wellness & Prevention Inc., a Johnson & Johnson Company. Wellness & Prevention Inc. is working collaboratively with the Lake Nona Institute to design a research project that will study the health and wellness of the Lake Nona Community over the course of multiple years.  The data gathered through this valuable research will provide a rich foundation for additional studies and will be essential to learning about strategies that can have a positive impact on the health of future generations.