Despite these far-reaching benefits, patients are less likely than non-symptomatic individuals to engage with PA. In 2015, a report by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges portrayed PA as a 'miracle cure', which despite having a better disease risk reduction than many drugs, is often overlooked by healthcare providers and their patients. Worryingly, with the number of older people with multiple medical problems increasing rapidly, less than a third of UK adults over the age of 65 meet the minimum levels of PA.