Physical fitness vital to health

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Book update Last week I told you about my new book, “Get off the Couch, Before it’s too late! All the whys and wherefores of exercise.” I explained that I was having problems with the Amazon listing. I am pleased to say that the Amazon problem is...

FRAILTY PART 2

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Frailty and Physical Fitness Several surveys have highlighted the low level of fitness in the general population and all confirm the progressive reduction which occurs with increasing age. However physical capacity becomes increasingly important as age increases. For...

FRAILTY PART 1

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The genesis of Frailty For the past six months I have been writing about all the degenerative diseases which assail us as the years go by. These are the Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) which wear us down and, if they don’t kill us by then, lead to FRAILTY...

EXERCISE AND DISEASE

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It is time to talk about the health-giving properties of regular exercise and of high levels of cardio-respiratory fitness. Today’s post is an introduction to the idea that your long term health depends upon avoiding the degenerative diseases of later life which...