It is well known that the aging process affects your fitness levels as you age. However, a recent study to appear in the Archives of Internal Medicine indicates that fitness fades fast after the age of 45.
This was a huge study conducted on about 20,000 people ranging in age from 20 to 96. The study found that the decline in cardiorespiratory fitness/health was not linear with increasing age. In fact the decline in fitness, increased at a faster rate after the age of 45. What's even more concerning was the study found the decline was even worse for participants who had a history of smoking, were over-weight or who were inactive.
To no one's surprise, the implications of these findings will have huge social impacts for everyone. For many years now, our population as a whole has been growing older with more and more baby boomers retiring. As the population ages, the impact of millions of unhealthy people will be a tremendous burden on an already strained health care system.
But wait there is good news!! Researchers say that adopting a healthy lifestyle and exercise can help to delay the effects of age. In essence, exercise can buy you time!
Instead of people suffering from detrimental health effects in their 50's or 60's, a healthy lifestyle and exercise can help delay these effects until you're in your 70's , 80's and even 90's.
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Dr. Chan's notes: I think this study is not going to come as a surprise to most people. A healty lifestyle and exercise has so many benefits that we could go on for days. But just stop and think, if regular exercise could buy you time, How can you put a price on that?
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