The first edition of HEALTHABILITY EXPERIENCEThe event dedicated to health, prevention and long life
The success of the first edition of Healthability
With 3006 recorded visitors, 1702 tests and screenings carried out, 124 workshops and 30 practical experiences, the Emilian event has shown how much the desire to live well and long is a shared and interest value.
Organized in collaboration with Bologna company in Bologna e Federfarma Bolognathe initiative offered everyone, free of charge, the possibility of approaching a healthy lifestyle with the help of experts and concrete activities, in an integrated approach between body, mind and nutrition.
Happiness and longevity: a winning union
“Longevity is a journey, not a goal.” This is the central message of the psychoanalyst talk Michele Mezzanotte, who invited to reflect on the role of happiness as a decisive factor of the quality of life. It is not just about living longer, but of living better, learning to cultivate the inner balance, with the help of psychology and meditation.
Anxiety: strategies to tame it with intelligence
Difficult emotions are also protagonists, with a focus on anxiety and its daily management. The psychologist Luca Mazzucchelli presented his “Wellness cards Sos anxiety”, practical tools to face concern with awareness.
One of the most appreciated strategies? “Take an appointment with your fears”: a technique that helps confine anxiety over time and not to leave them control of the day.
Breathe better to live better
The doctor and teacher Mike Maric led the participants in a conscious breathing experience. Breathing well is much more than oxygenating yourself: it means regulating stress, improving heart and mental health, and even influencing longevity. Proper breathing, explain the experts, is a real natural medicine against anxiety and negative thoughts.
Meditation: a key to deep well -being
Maddalena Mazzoli led visitors to the world of meditation in the world of meditation. The practice, often considered difficult or distant, has proved to be accessible and deeply beneficial, capable of acting on mental and physical health in a lasting way. Meditation has been proposed as a simple but revolutionary daily habit.
Nutrition and environment: the longevity diet
One of the pillars of the event was the study on healthy and sustainable nutrition, proposed by the Valter Longo Foundation. There “Longevity diet” It is based on vegetable foods, legumes, fish proteins, extra virgin olive oil and shell fruit. The goal? Reduce cellular aging and prevent chronic diseases, with positive effects also on the environment thanks to a lower impact of vegetable diets.
The advice on the intermittent fasts, such as the night of at least 12 hours, and the mima-didum diet, useful to regenerate the body, are also important. In fact, a balanced diet is ally not only of personal health, but also of that of the planet.
Healthability and natural cuisine: when science enters the kitchen
With irony and scientific rigor, the nutritionist Giuseppe Scopelliti dismantled some of the most popular false food myths. No, pineapple does not burn fat and fruit after meals does not hurt. Between one show cooking and the other, the food blogger Gabriella Gasparini has proposed simple, tasty and healthy dishes: from light tuna meatballs to energy porridge, up to the bureau with chickpeas and spinach. Healthy, good and sustainable food.
HealthAbility 2026
After the success of the first edition, HealthAbility Experience It already gives an appointment to the public for next year: on 9 and 10 May 2026 in BolognaFiere. An opportunity to continue the path towards a longer life, but above all more aware, serene and in harmony with oneself and with the environment.