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5 Tips for Choosing Your Health Span (Yes, You Can!)

Eva Norlyk Smith, Ph.D. | Posted 04.01.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Fitness, Healthy Aging, Inactivity, Exercise, Staying Active, Benefits of Exercise, Online Yoga, Aging Gracefully, Personal Health, Aging and Exercise, Aging and Health, Frailty, Healthy Living News
Eva Norlyk Smith, Ph.D.

While most people are rarely confined to the complete inactivity of bed rest, we are all affected -- incrementally -- by lower levels of physical activity. Ultimately, this has significant implications for how we think about what it means to grow old, and indeed, what "normal" aging really is.

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Lack of Physical Activity Found as Harmful as Poor Diet and Smoking

Timi Gustafson, R.D. | Posted 10.15.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Inactivity, Mortality, Health Problems, Smoking, Obesity, Inactive Work, Sedentary Life, Sedentary Work, Sedentary, Inactive Life, Inactive Lifestyle, Walk Work, Personal Health, Walking, Sedentary Lifestyle, Walk, Healthy Living News
Timi Gustafson, R.D.

While some progress has been made to reduce tobacco use and alcohol consumption and to promote healthier eating habits, the lack of regular physical activity has not yet been widely recognized as a standalone health threat.

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