If you are still alive – gymnastics!
Scientists: it's never too late to go in for sports for a healthy old age
the English longitudinal study of aging – VM).
Four years of supportive physical education can reduce the risk of diabetes, vascular diseases, stroke and Alzheimer's disease, they note.
Scientists have been monitoring the health of 3.5 thousand people with an average age of 64 for more than 8 years at the beginning of the study.
The authors included in the concept of "healthy aging" not only the absence of chronic diseases and disabilities, but also the preservation of a clear mind, the ability to maintain social activity.
The study participants talked about the frequency and intensity of their physical education classes every two years. The average degree of activity was assigned if a person was engaged in sports at least once a week, high – more than once a week.
Scientists found that every tenth participant actively engaged in physical education, 70% of this category did it all the time.
At the end of the experiment, about four out of ten participants had chronic diseases, about one in five suffered from depression, a third had varying degrees of disability, and one in five had mental disorders.
"At the same time, every fifth person was healthy. And here there was a direct link between the chance of a healthy old age and the amount of physical activity," says the press release of the publishing group BMJ (Regular physical activity in later life boosts likelihood of 'healthy aging' up to sevenfold – VM).
Compared with those who did not bother to exercise, people who did physical education with medium or high load at least once a week were three to four times more likely to maintain their health in old age. And those who have been regularly engaged for 4 years are seven times more likely, scientists found.
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