Keeping active throughout adulthood is the best bet for good brain health in retirement but even taking up exercise in your 60s is beneficial, research suggests.
In the first study to look specifically at age, exercise and brain health in retirement, researchers from University College London wanted to see whether timing of active lifestyles had an impact. The Daily Mail
See also:
- Timing of physical activity across adulthood on later-life cognition: 30 years follow-up in the 1946 British birth cohort (open access) Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
- Staying fit and active throughout life ‘best way to stave off dementia’ The Independent
- Could exercise be a potent weapon against neurodegenerative conditions? Medical News Today
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