Friday, 11 Dec 2020

FRAILTY PART 3

Age and Physical fitness Cardiorespiratory fitness increases through childhood to reach its peak by late teens to early twenties. But…

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Friday, 4 Dec 2020

FRAILTY PART 2

Frailty and Physical Fitness Several surveys have highlighted the low level of fitness in the general population and all confirm…

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Friday, 27 Nov 2020

FRAILTY PART 1

The genesis of Frailty For the past six months I have been writing about all the degenerative diseases which assail…

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Saturday, 30 May 2020

EXERCISE AND DISEASE

It is time to talk about the health-giving properties of regular exercise and of high levels of cardio-respiratory fitness. Today’s…

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Saturday, 19 Oct 2019

PREVENTING FRAILTY

Frailty and physical fitness Frailty is mainly the result of an accumulation of long-term physical inactivity and one or more…

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Saturday, 12 Oct 2019

MORE ABOUT FRAILTY

Testing for frailty Here is a test for frailty: Sit in an upright chair. Start your stopwatch, get up and…

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Saturday, 5 Oct 2019

FRAILTY and EXERCISE

We do not stop exercising because we grow old – we grow old because we stop exercising. Kenneth Cooper.  …

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