Physical activity levels: predictor of health and chronic disease-free life expectancy

IntroductionPhysical activity levelsIncreased healthy and chronic disease survivalLimitationsHow should this influence clinical practice? References   Introduction Physical activity in older people is critically important in the prevention of disease, promotion of health and maintenance of independence and improvement of quality of life.1 Previous work has reported that the percentage of older adults achieving recommended activity levels vary extensively, from 2.4-83% secondary to a wide variety of definitions of €˜recommended’ activity levels.1 There has been a need for studies that recruit representative random samples of community-based older adults and utilise validated physical activity methods consistently to enable comparison of physical activity