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Three good reasons to maintain physical activity in later life

The Nakanojo Study tracks the health and physical activity of the older population in Nakanojo, Japan. Residents ages 65 years and older wore specially adapted pedometer/accelerometers for 24 hours/day for one year. A synopsis of the results were published last year (Sports Medicine, 39[6]:423-438, 2009), and new analyses of the data have just been released.

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