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 .
Healthy behaviors and onset of functional disability in older adults: results of a national longitudinal study.
OBJECTIVES To examine the combined effect of healthy behaviors on the development of functional disability in an elderly cohort . DESIGN Prospect i ve cohort study . SETTING Taiwan Longitudinal Study in Aging from 1989 , 1993 , 1996 , 1999 , and 2003 . PARTICIPANTS A national sample of 1,940 men and 1,247 women aged 60 and older without functional disability at baseline . MEASUREMENTS Functional disability was defined as difficulty with activities of daily living : taking a bath or walking 200 to 300 m. Time to functional disability was the age at midpoint between the first occurrence of disability onset in the survey year and prior survey year . Considering that the onset of disability is probably a precursor of death , for those who died without disability , time to disability onset was set at the midpoint between the last follow-up and death year . Four  healthy behaviors  were measured : not smoking , moderate alcohol consumption  ,  regular exercise , and sleeping 6 to 8 hours per day . A Cox proportional hazards model with time-dependent covariates was used to analyze the association between age at the first functional disability and prior  healthy behavior  , after controlling for sex , time-varying disease status , marital status , and education . RESULTS Healthy behaviors were linked to the onset of functional disability . Participants who performed one or more healthy behaviors were 15 % to 75 % less likely to be disabled than those who performed none . CONCLUSION In the population studied , healthy behaviors  were associated with lower incidence of functional disability . As the number of  healthy behaviors  increased , the likelihood of disability decreased
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 .