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How Old Is "Too Old" To Benefit From Exercise?

  • March 15, 2005

Most of the patients I see in my practice suffer from "ED," my term for Exercise Deficiency or Exercise Debt. Close to the two-thirds of the country who are overweight and tens of millions of others with high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes desperately need more exercise to improve their health. But can someone be "too old" to benefit from it? A group of Canadian researchers found seniors who adopt a regular exercise routine for the first time late in life can still...