Dr Hugh Bethell - Pavilion Health Today https://pavilionhealthtoday.com Supporting healthcare professionals to deliver the best patient care Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:17:34 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://pavilionhealthtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/android-chrome-384x384-1-100x100.png Dr Hugh Bethell - Pavilion Health Today https://pavilionhealthtoday.com 32 32 The health benefits of exercise for older people https://pavilionhealthtoday.com/gm/the-health-benefits-of-exercise-for-older-people/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-health-benefits-of-exercise-for-older-people Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pavilionhealthtoday.com/uncategorized/the-health-benefits-of-exercise-for-older-people/ The importance of exercise for older people is great. Exercise delays the onset of a variety of diseases, increases performance and quality of life, reduces dependency and prolongs life. There is a dose€“response relationship between the amount of exercise taken and the benefits which accrue. Unfortunately, although a higher level of exercise produces greater benefits it is less likely to be maintained.

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