Topics of Interest: Exercise
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Regular exercise and physical activity are important to the physical and mental health of almost everyone, including older adults. Being physically active can help older adults continue to do the things they enjoy and stay independent longer, as well as produce long-term health benefits. But, despite the growing list of benefits of exercise for older people, adults in the U.S. tend to become less active as they age.
The NIA believes that exercise and physical activity are one of the keys to a long and healthy life. The NIA is supporting research in several aspects of exercise and physical activity and has a number of resources for the public. In particular, the NIA national Go4Life® campaign provides information about how older adults can exercise safely.
The NIA-supported Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) Study, involving 1,600 people aged 70 to 89 at eight sites around the country, aims to find out whether a specific exercise program can stave off disability in older people.
See NIA research news related to Exercise below.
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New Go4Life campaign focuses on fitness for older adults
October 19, 2011Being physically active is vital to maintaining health and independence as we age, and a new federal campaign for people 50 and older will help them to get active and keep going. Introduced today by the National Institutes of Health (NIH...
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Media Availability: NIH researchers tie even sedentary employment in men to overall increased physical activity
July 12, 2011WHAT: Employment status may be related in some ways to weekday physical activity, according to researchers at the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health. In a study measuring activity levels, full-time...
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What can prevent walking disability in older people?
November 4, 2009The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced the award of $29.5 million in grant support over the next two years to determine whether a specific physical activity program can stave off...
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Higher levels of common daily activity associated with lower risk of death
July 11, 2006Older adults who expend more energy through any daily activity, including non-exercise activity, have a lower rate of death than adults who are less active, according to a study in the July 12 issue of JAMA. Observational studies have...
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Exercise slows development of Alzheimer's-like brain changes in mice, new study finds
April 27, 2005Physical activity appears to inhibit Alzheimer’s-like brain changes in mice, slowing the development of a key feature of the disease, according to a new study. The research demonstrated that long-term physical activity enhanced the...
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Exercise - A safe and effective new treatment for knee osteoarthritis
December 31, 1996Now there's scientific proof that exercise can be a safe and effective treatment option for knee osteoarthritis - good news for the millions of disabled Americans suffering from this degenerative joint disease. A recent clinical study,...
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Exercise can boost cardiac fitness in conditioned and out-of-shape older people
August 2, 1996It may not be too late to benefit from exercise, even for people in their 60's and older, according to scientists at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Gerontology Research Center, the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, and the...
