New physical activity guidelines for older adults has been launched by the UK Chief Medical Officers.
The guidelines state that adults (19-64 years old) and older people (65+) should have two and half hours – each week of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity (and adults should aim to do some physical activity every day). Muscle strengthening activity should also be included twice a week.
You can read lots more about this on the ILC blog.
My fear is that like most of the guidelines that are published they will be ignored. This is a great shame since all of the evidence I have seen points to the connection between exercise and physical and mental well being. Dick Stroud
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