A lifetime of physical activity yields measurable benefits as we age

Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 12:00 in Health & Medicine

The benefits of physical activity accumulate across a lifetime, according to a new study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Researchers in England and Australia examined the associations of leisure time physical activity across adulthood with physical performance and strength in midlife in a group of British men and women followed since birth in March 1946.

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