More Physical Activity, More Years Added to Life

The news source is Medical News Today and the study was conducted by Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing in London, United Kingdom and the School of Population Health University of Queensland, Australia.

Another study conducted confirmed that maintaining lower levels of physical activity causes older populations with increased risk of subsequent health problems, loss of independence, and shorter survival times.

Physical activity is beneficial that accumulates across a lifetime. Exercising not only promotes lower body strength and power, but as well as enhance mental concentration and subtle motor control. Also, by doing a lot of body work, upper-body muscle condition is measured. With those simple physical exertion, physical performance and strength of an individual will be put to its optimum which will later on in life be an advantage since the body is used to exerting effort, thus, every task to be done will be as easy as 1,2,3.

In the study, investigators used data from about 2400 men and women from the UK Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development. They then analyzed the respondents' leisure time physical activity (LTPA) levels when they were in their 36, 43 and 53 years of age. During the 53-year investigation, grip strength, standing balance, and chair rise times were measured as indicators of strength and physical performance.

Furthermore, the result revealed that those participants who were more active at all three age categories showed better performance on the chair-rise test. Meanwhile, persons who were 43 and 53 had better performance on the standing balance test, even after adjusting for varieties. However, physical activity and grip strength were not associated in both men and women at their 30's and 40's.

According to the investigators, the findings suggest that physical activity should be promoted at all times to have functional health and quality of life as old age advances especially when the degree of activity performed as we age becomes tougher and more strenuous.

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