In this review we found that exercise interventions ( or lifestyle activities ) that improved cardiorespiratory exercise capacity showed the most positive impact on physical health .
CONCLUSIONS Findings suggest that programs should facilitate and support women to participate in regular exercise by embedding physical activity programs in public health initiatives , by developing home-based exercise programs that require few re sources and by creating interventions that can incorporate physical activity within a healthy lifestyle .
The review also suggests that clinicians should consider prescribing exercise in a tailored manner for older women to ensure that it is of a high enough intensity to obtain the positive sustained effects of exercise
BACKGROUND Participation in regular physical activity is among the most promising and cost effective strategies to reduce physical and cognitive decline and premature death .
However , confusion remains about the amount , frequency , and duration of physical activity that is likely to provide maximum benefit as well as the way in which interventions should be delivered .
AIMS This paper aim ed to review research on the impact of leisure-time and general physical activity levels on physical and cognitive decline in postmenopausal women .
Genetic and lifestyle predictors of 15-year longitudinal change in episodic memory.
OBJECTIVES To reveal distinct longitudinal trajectories in episodic memory over 15 years and to identify demographic , lifestyle , health-related , and genetic predictors of stability or decline . DESIGN Prospect i ve cohort study . SETTING The Betula Project , Umeå , Sweden . PARTICIPANTS One thous and nine hundred fifty-four healthy participants aged 35 to 85 at baseline . MEASUREMENTS Memory was assessed according to vali date d episodic memory tasks in participants from a large population -based sample . Data were analyzed using a r and om-effects pattern-mixture model that considered the effect of attrition over two to four longitudinal sessions .  Logistic regression  was used to determine significant predictors of stability or decline relative to average change in episodic memory . RESULTS Of 1,558 participants with two or more test sessions , 18 % were classified as maintainers and 13 % as decliners , and 68 % showed age-typical average change . More educated and more physically active participants , women , and those living with someone were more likely to be classified as maintainers , as were carriers of the met allele of the catechol-O-methyltransferase gene . Less educated participants , those not active in the labor force , and men were more likely to be classified as decliners , and the apolipoprotein E ~4 allele was more frequent in decliners . CONCLUSION Quantitative , attrition-corrected assessment of longitudinal changes in memory can reveal substantial heterogeneity in aging trajectories , and genetic and lifestyle factors predict such heterogeneity
In this review we found that exercise interventions ( or lifestyle activities ) that improved cardiorespiratory exercise capacity showed the most positive impact on physical health .
CONCLUSIONS Findings suggest that programs should facilitate and support women to participate in regular exercise by embedding physical activity programs in public health initiatives , by developing home-based exercise programs that require few re sources and by creating interventions that can incorporate physical activity within a healthy lifestyle .
The review also suggests that clinicians should consider prescribing exercise in a tailored manner for older women to ensure that it is of a high enough intensity to obtain the positive sustained effects of exercise
BACKGROUND Participation in regular physical activity is among the most promising and cost effective strategies to reduce physical and cognitive decline and premature death .
However , confusion remains about the amount , frequency , and duration of physical activity that is likely to provide maximum benefit as well as the way in which interventions should be delivered .
AIMS This paper aim ed to review research on the impact of leisure-time and general physical activity levels on physical and cognitive decline in postmenopausal women .