{"id":1084,"date":"2019-05-25T06:34:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T06:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2019-06-14T06:39:46","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T06:39:46","slug":"how-does-exercise-support-health-later-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=1084","title":{"rendered":"How does Exercise Support Health Later in Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>New research shows that older adults who exercise regularly can perform everyday tasks more easily and gain independence.<\/p>\n<p>Insufficient physical activity causes around 3.2 million deaths worldwide each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n<p>These declining levels of physical activity may be due, in part, to an increase in sedentary behavior, heavy traffic areas, pollution, and a lack of parks and facilities.<\/p>\n<p>For adults aged 65 and above, experts define physical activity as a combination of everyday tasks, such as work duties (if applicable), transportation, chores, and exercise they do during leisure time, such as walking, swimming, and gardening.<\/p>\n<p>According to the WHO, older adults who exercise regularly are less likely to have high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes. They also have lower rates of all-cause mortality, a higher level of cardiorespiratory fitness, and a more healthful body mass overall.<\/p>\n<p>They also have a better cognitive function and are less likely to fall. The study also found that those who engage in physical activity develop more independence and have greater self-worth.<\/p>\n<p>These benefits create a positive chain reaction because the older adults will require less support and will, therefore, be less reliant on others.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/325262.php\">Medical News Today<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research shows that older adults who exercise regularly can perform everyday tasks more easily and gain independence. Insufficient physical&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-1084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exercise","tag-alternative-medicine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1086,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084\/revisions\/1086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}