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Interventions for Human Frailty: Physical Activity as a Model.

Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine ·Vol. 6 ·No. 6 ·2016-00-01

Fried LP

Abstract

In the last 100 years, populations in developed countries have experienced an unprecedented addition of 30 years to life expectancy. Developing countries are now experiencing this same phenomenon, but over a shorter time frame. With this success comes the challenge of maximizing health and vitality across these added years. The compression of morbidity to the latest point in the human life span could unleash a sustained third demographic dividend that benefits all of society. To accomplish this, society needs to invest in the prevention and treatment of frailty, as well as in the prevention of chronic diseases at every age and stage of life. A model intervention, physical activity, may offer a road map.

MeSH Terms
Aged Chronic Disease/prevention & control Exercise Frail Elderly Frailty/prevention & control,therapy Humans Life Expectancy Morbidity
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Fried Linda P
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York 10032.
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Article Info
Journal
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine
Abbr.
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med
ISSN
2157-1422
DOI
10.1101/cshperspect.a025916
Published
2016-00-01
Epub
2016-00-01
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
101571139
PMCID
PMC4888809
Subset
IM
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a025916 PMC Full Text View journal details
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