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Exercise in old age - ”we need kendo classes in Huddersfield”
FromThe BMJ Podcast
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31 minutes
Released:
Oct 18, 2017
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Podcast episode
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There's a crisis in old age care - not just in the UK, around the world, as population demographics shift, and the proportion of older people increase - there's a worry about who's going to look after them, and how much is it going to cost?
However, a new analysis on bmj.com says this picture need not be so gloomy - they say that encouraging exercise in older people could save billions - by keeping frailty at bay and increasing healthy life expectancy.
We're joined by two of the authors of that analysis - Scarlett McNally, consultant orthopedic surgeon at Eastbourne District General Hospital, and Muir Gray, public health doctor.
Read the full analysis:
http://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j4609
However, a new analysis on bmj.com says this picture need not be so gloomy - they say that encouraging exercise in older people could save billions - by keeping frailty at bay and increasing healthy life expectancy.
We're joined by two of the authors of that analysis - Scarlett McNally, consultant orthopedic surgeon at Eastbourne District General Hospital, and Muir Gray, public health doctor.
Read the full analysis:
http://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j4609
Released:
Oct 18, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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