February 8, 2013 Be Active For Fitness Now and A Strong Mind
Strong Later There are many health benefits associated with
being physically fit, and here’s another. Folks who exercised
and stayed fit early in life through middle age have a better
chance of reducing their risk of dementia when they become
older, according to study findings published in the journal
Annals of Internal Medicine and reported by Medical News Today.
Simply defined, dementia is a progressive loss of cognitive
function, the ability to think, learn and process and comprehend
new information and ideas. Most often, cognitive function is
associated with memory and the ability to retain verbal language
skills. For the study, researchers had almost 19,500 non-elderly
adults take a treadmill test between 1971 and 2009 to gauge
their baseline fitness levels. Then, scientists checked Medicare
data of participants who reached eligibility to get benefits
between January 1, 1999 and December 31, 2009. Scientists did
this to evaluate the association