PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, EXC,

SUCCESSFUL AGING, AND

DISEASE PREVENTION
 GERONTOLOGY SUCCESSFULL AGING

• PHYSICAL HEALTH
• SPIRITUALITY
• EMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL HEALTH
• SOCIAL SATISFACTION
DECREASED LIFE EXPECTANCY IN NON-WESTERN COUNTRIES

• LOW BIRTH WEIGHT

• VITAMIN AND MINERAL DEFICIENCY
• UNSAFE WATER AND SANITATION PROCEDURES
• UNSAFE SEX
• INTRODUCTION OF CARCINOGENS
• WORK-RELATED RISK
 6 MAJOR FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO A DECREASE
IN HEALTHY LIFE SPAN IN AMERICAS AND EUROPE
• TOBACCO USE
• HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
• INCREASE BLOOD CHOLESTEROL
• OBESITY
• LOW LEVELS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
• LIMITED FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION
 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EPIDEMIOLOGY

• PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
• EXERCISE
• PHYSICAL FITNESS
• HEALTH
• HEALTH-RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS
• LONGEVITY
AGING AND BODILY FUNCTION
• AGING AND MUSCULAR STRENGTH
• AGING AND JOINT FLEXIBILITY
• ENDOCRINE CHANGES WITH AGING
• AGING AND NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION
• AGING AND PULMONARY FUNCTION
• CARDIOVASCULAR AND BODY COMPOSITION AGE-RELATED CHANGES
• REG EXC. COUNTERS THE LIFE-SHORTENING EFFECT OF CIGARETTE SMOKING AND EXCESS
BODY WEIGHT
• EVEN FOR PEOPLE WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, THOSE WHO EXC REG REDUCED THEIR
DEATH RATE BY HALF
• REG EXC COUNTERED GENETIC TENDENCIES TOWARD EARLY DEATH
• A 50% REDUCTION IN MORTALITY RATE OCCURRED FOR ACTIVE MEN WHOSE PARENTS LIVE
BEYOND 65 YEARS
TERIMA KASIH