Small Increases in Physical Activity Produce Meaningful Benefits in Older Adults

Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2025/07/small-increases-in-physical-activity-produce-meaningful-benefits-in-older-adults/

Studies of physical activity in older people have long demonstrated that, at the lower end of the dose-response curve, even small increases in the amount of activity produce meaningful benefits. While human studies can only show correlations between exercise and health, animal studies fill in the gap to show causation. Being sedentary is bad for your health, but being even a little less than sedentary is meaningfully less bad for your health. Small increases in physical activity are not irrelevant when the overall level of physical activity is low. The study noted here reinforces this point.

Walking cadence has been suggested as a measure of activity intensity; however, it remains uncertain if prefrail and frail older adults can increase their walking cadence and if doing so leads to improvements in functional capacity. …

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