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Physical Activity for People With Dementia Fails to Slow Rate of Cognitive Impairment (BBC News / BMJ / NHS Choices)

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary It has long been widely believed that physical activity would have beneficial effects in the prevention of cognitive decline and dementia. Counter-intuitive results from the Dementia and Physical Activity (DAPA) trial suggest that moderate to high intensity exercise training for … Continue reading →

Tackling Physical Inactivity in Middle Age (BBC News / NHS Choices / PHE)

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Public Health England (PHE) has discovered that people’s activity levels tend to reduce from the age of 40 onwards. Generally, people in the UK are 20% less active now than in the 1960s. “A PHE survey found that 41% … Continue reading →

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Physical Inactivity and Obesity Compared as Causes of Mortality (BBC News / American Journal of Clinical Nutrition / Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A 12-year study involving more than 300,000 people suggests that lack of exercise could be responsible for twice as many deaths as obesity in Europe. It is estimated that 676,000 deaths per year are attributable to inactivity, compared with … Continue reading →

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Increasing Active Travel in Urban England and Wales: Potential Savings for the National Health Service (Lancet)

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This statistical study looks into the potential savings which increasing levels of walking and cycling in urban areas (i.e. reduced use of private cars and presumably motorised public transport) could bring about purely as a result of positive health … Continue reading →

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