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Spending time volunteering more likely than traveling south in winter
When winter winds blow, people in Canada who are 50 years and older and still working may dream of traveling south for warmer weather after retirement, according to a poll that found 27% of 2,159 respondents wanted to become snowbirds after they retire.
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Maybe we aren't sleepier as we age
The American Time Use Survey is composed from interviews asking people about their daily activities. In 2012, women ages 65 years and older reported an average of 8.8 hours/day sleeping and men reported an average of 8.7 hours. For those ages 15-19 years, women averaged 9.7 hours/day and men averaged 9.5 hours/day sleeping (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
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Too much holiday feasting? Daily exercise helps restore the balance
During cold winter days and holiday festivities, it’s easy to consume food calories that are not burned off through physical activity. For one week, a small group of healthy young men restricted their daily activities to below 4,000 steps/day and increased their caloric intake by 50%. Half of them increased calorie intake by 75% and walked/ran on a treadmill for 45 minutes/day at 70% of maximum oxygen uptake, while being inactive the rest of the time.
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Water exercise improves functional ability on land
The S.W.E.A.T.™ system (speed and surface area; working positions; enlarge range of motion; work around the body/joints, travel) is familiar to readers of the Journal on Active Aging because of the numerous articles written by the developer and ICAA Advisory Board member Mary Sanders.
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Prevention may slow rate of dementia cases
Aging is a risk factor for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, the most common dementia. Because the number of older people is increasing, so is the prevalence of dementia cases globally. However, in an editorial, several physicians report that a number of population studies show that for “younger” older people, the number of new cases of dementia may be declining. They also noted that people who do get dementia may do so later in life, closer to the time of death.
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Global rates of dementia are climbing, but prevention could stall the rise
In 2013, an estimated 44.3 million people were living with dementia. An updated projection estimates that the number of people with dementia will increase to 135 million by 2050, based on new information from China and the sub-Saharan African region.
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