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Source: Reuters
Summary:
Dutch researchers followed elderly men for 5 years and found the highest death rate among the sedentary and the lowest rate among the most active
No particular activity was found to be most effective, but rather time spent being active
The researchers, in the American Journal of Epidemiology article, speculated that part of the deterioration associated with old age may be due to inactivity
Conclusion
It is important that elderly people not decrease their level of physical activity
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