Understand early, act early.
Content written and reviewed by doctors, sourced from the French National Authority for Health (HAS), French National Health Insurance (Assurance Maladie) and scientific publications. Method and authors on the editorial board page.
Prepare my check-up
France’s national prevention check-up program by age, the questionnaire, the appointment and the personalized plan that follows.
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The prevention check-up: cost, key ages, how it works and the personalized plan
A 30- to 45-minute prevention check-up, fully covered (100%) by French National Health Insurance, offered at ages 18-25, 45-50, 60-65 and 70-75.
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The prevention check-up at ages 18-25: why do it, what it covers, how it works
The prevention check-up at 18-25: a fully covered 30- to 45-minute consultation to review sleep, mood, substance use, sexual health and vaccines.
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The prevention check-up at ages 45-50: screening, how it works and how to prepare
Prevention check-up at 45-50: cardiovascular risk, type 2 diabetes and cancer screening in 30 to 45 minutes, fully covered (100%) in France.
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The prevention check-up at 60 (ages 60-65): screening, vaccines, heart, bones and what changes
The prevention check-up at 60-65: a fully covered 30- to 45-minute consultation reviewing screening, vaccines, heart, bones and lifestyle.
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Prevention check-up at 70 (ages 70-75): falls, memory, medications, blood tests
The prevention check-up at ages 70-75: a 30- to 45-minute consultation, fully covered (100%), focused on falls, nutrition, memory and medications.
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Prevention check-up questionnaire: where to find it, how to fill it in, what it is for
The prevention check-up questionnaire is filled in before the appointment, in Mon espace santé or as a PDF, to identify your risks and choose your priorities.
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Prevention check-up: where to have it, with whom, and how to book an appointment
Where can you have the prevention check-up? With a doctor, nurse, pharmacist or midwife, via sante.fr, Doctolib or your pharmacy. Fully covered (100%).
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Personalized Prevention Plan (PPP): definition, sections, who writes it, examples
The Personalized Prevention Plan (PPP) is co-written at the end of the check-up: priorities, obstacles, actions, follow-up. Sent to your GP unless you object.
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Free health check in France: preventive health examination, Mon bilan prévention and screening
France’s “free health check” is the preventive health examination: 2 hours at a health center, fully covered from age 16, alongside Mon bilan prévention.
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Preventive health examination (EPS): who it is for, what it includes, sign-up, differences
Preventive health examination: about 2 hours, from age 16, fully covered (100%). Who it is for, content, sign-up and how it differs from Mon bilan prévention.
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Understand my prevention
The topics covered during the check-up and how to read your test results, so you can prepare, discuss and act.
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Personalized health: definition, 4P medicine, benefits and limits in prevention
Personalized health tailors prevention to each person (risks, biomarkers, lifestyle) and complements the covered prevention check-up without replacing it.
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10-Year Cardiovascular Risk: SCORE2, Risk Factors and How to Lower Your Risk
10-year cardiovascular risk is the probability of a heart attack or stroke, estimated in France with SCORE2 (ages 40–69) or SCORE2-OP (70–89), ESC 2021.
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Adult mental health: what the prevention check-up picks up and where to find help
Low mood, anxiety: the prevention check-up spots psychological distress in adults and refers to Mon soutien psy. In an emergency in France: 3114 or 15.
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Adult vaccination: boosters at 25, 45, and 65, flu, pneumococcal, shingles, and HPV
Adult vaccine boosters in France: DTP at 25, 45, and 65 then every 10 years, whooping cough at 25, flu and pneumococcal from 65, shingles, HPV up to 26.
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Alcohol guidelines: risky drinking, 2 drinks a day at most, and where to find help
Alcohol guidelines in France: 2 drinks a day at most, not every day, 10 a week at most (Santé publique France). The check-up covers it without judgment.
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Blood biomarkers: main families, reading your results and their role in prevention
A blood biomarker is an objective measurement that reflects a state or a risk. Lipids, blood sugar, inflammation, kidneys, liver: how to read them.
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Cancer screening in France: ages, intervals, and what the prevention check-up catches up on
Cancer screening in France: colorectal and breast from 50 to 74 every 2 years, cervical from 25 to 65, fully covered (100%). Are you up to date?
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Cardiovascular Prevention: Risk Factors, Proven Strategies and the Check-Up at Ages 45–50
Cardiovascular prevention: act on smoking, blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes and inactivity against heart attack and stroke. Figures, check-up at 45–50.
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Comprehensive blood test: price, reimbursement, with or without a prescription, what it covers
A comprehensive blood test has no official definition: its price depends on the tests. 60% reimbursed with a prescription, paid by you without one.
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Diet and Preventive Health: France’s PNNS Guidelines, the Heart and Diabetes
Diet and prevention: France’s PNNS guidelines (5 fruits and vegetables a day, less salt and processed meat) and their link to the heart and type 2 diabetes.
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Fall prevention in older adults: risks, tests, home safety, and exercises
Fall prevention: after 65, a fall is never trivial. Risk factors, medications, home safety, balance, and the role of the prevention check-up in France.
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LDL cholesterol, HDL and lipoproteins: reading your lipid panel beyond the number
Cholesterol travels in lipoproteins (LDL, HDL, VLDL). Their number (apoB, NMR in 14 subclasses) refines cardiovascular risk beyond LDL.
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Menopause and prevention: heart, bones, symptoms and what the prevention check-up covers
Menopause (around age 51) raises cardiovascular and bone risk. The prevention check-up at ages 45–50 and 60–65 reviews symptoms, heart and bones.
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Omega-3s, omega-6s and fatty acids: what a blood test measures and what to do about it
Blood fatty acids reflect your recent diet: what an NMR test measures (saturated, omega-3, omega-6, DHA) and the real place of supplements.
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Physical Activity: Guidelines for Adults and Seniors, Sedentary Time, How to Get Started
Physical activity: 2020 WHO guidelines, 150–300 min of moderate activity per week, balance and strength after 65, and breaking up sitting time every 2 hours.
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Prediabetes, HbA1c and fasting blood glucose: screening early and reversing the trajectory
Prediabetes: fasting glucose above normal, below the diabetes threshold. HAS screening from 45 with a risk factor, HbA1c, reversible through lifestyle.
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Quitting smoking: covered aids, Mois sans tabac and the prevention check-up
Quitting smoking is the most effective prevention step at any age. Nicotine replacement covered at 65%, free 39 89 line: what the check-up changes in France.
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Sexual health: STI testing, contraception and HPV vaccination at every age
Sexual health and the prevention check-up in France: STI testing (Mon test IST), contraception with no upfront cost under 26, HPV vaccination up to 26.
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Sleep and health: what the prevention check-up picks up and how to sleep better
Sleep and health: sleeping too little or poorly affects your heart, weight, blood sugar and mood. The prevention check-up spots warning signs, including apnea.
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Social isolation in older adults: spotting it, its effects on health, and resources
Social isolation in older adults: 530,000 people aged 60+ in France in “social death” (2021). The prevention check-up at 70–75 spots it and guides next steps.
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Type 2 Diabetes Prevention: Risk Factors, HAS Screening and Proven Programs
Type 2 diabetes can be prevented: lifestyle changes cut its incidence by 58% in two randomized trials. HAS screening, key levers and the check-up at ages 45–50.
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Roll out Sokrate in my organization
Health professionals, CPTS networks, health centers, laboratories, companies, insurers: organizing the pathway.
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CPTS and the prevention mission: rolling out Mon bilan prévention in your area
The CPTS prevention mission is one of the ACI’s four core missions. Mon bilan prévention (€30, four professions, four ages) makes it measurable.
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Health centers and prevention: organizing a multi-professional prevention pathway
Prevention is part of the legal definition of French health centers (L6323-1). Screening, check-up, internal referral, follow-up: the pathway in seven steps.
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Health prevention for mutuelles and insurers: legal framework, data, formats, indicators
Mutuelles and insurers are investing in health prevention. Legal framework (L863-8, contrats responsables, medical secrecy, GDPR), data, formats, indicators.
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Medical laboratories and prevention: the biologiste’s role, Article L6211-8, metabolomics
Prevention at the medical laboratory: the laboratory physician can adapt the prescription (L6211-8) to add relevant tests, without overprescribing.
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Prevention check-up billing: RDV, RDI, RDP codes, amounts and mistakes to avoid
Prevention check-up billing: RDV (doctor, midwife), RDI (nurse), RDP (pharmacist). €30 (€31.50 in overseas France), third-party payment, no extra fees.
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Prevention check-up by a doctor: RDV billing code, how it works and practice organization
A prevention check-up by a doctor is billed under code RDV: €30 (€31.50 in overseas France), no extra fees, once per person per age bracket.
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Prevention check-up by a midwife: framework, RDV billing code and role in women’s care
Midwives carry out the prevention check-up: code RDV, €30 (€31.50 in overseas France), no extra fees, with the plan sent to the patient’s regular doctor.
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Prevention check-up by a nurse: RDI billing code, home visits and sharing the plan
Nurses carry out the prevention check-up on their own, from risk review to plan, and bill it as RDI: €30 (€31.50 in overseas France), no extra fees.
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Prevention check-up by a pharmacist: RDP billing code, private consultation area and steps
Pharmacists carry out the prevention check-up and bill it as RDP: €30 (€31.50 in overseas France), 100% covered, no extra fees or upfront payment.
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Prevention check-up by a physiotherapist: what has been announced for October 2026
Physiotherapists: announced as prevention check-up providers from October 2026. Status of the regulations, €30 fee, their role (physical activity, falls).
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Prevention check-up training: the EHESP platform, resources and key skills
No training is required to carry out the prevention check-up. Free EHESP modules (motivational interviewing, brief interventions) and ameli tools.
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Workplace health prevention: legal framework, formats and a program for your employees
Workplace health prevention goes beyond the employer’s safety obligation (DUERP): covered prevention check-up, private check-ups, digital programs.
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Further reading
Comparisons, scientific deep dives and definitions: useful background, without interrupting the pathways above.
Go deeper into the science
Metabolomics, inflammation, metabolic age, predictive medicine, cohorts: what research has established and what it does not yet say.
- Chronic inflammation: which marker to choose, high-sensitivity CRP or GlycA?
- Healthy longevity: disability-free life expectancy, proven levers and limitations
- Metabolic age: definition, biological age tests, evidence and limits
- NMR metabolomics: how it works, the 249-biomarker panel, cohorts and value in prevention
- Predictive medicine: definition, risk scores, limits and the doctor’s role
- UK Biobank: the 500,000-volunteer cohort that powers preventive medicine
Glossary
Useful definitions for reading a check-up and understanding prevention.