- Inactivity and poor diet are the direct and proximate cause of over 300,000 deaths per years.
- Adults who are inactive are at significantly greater risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, cancer and high-blood pressure along with a host of other damaging and crippling diseases.
- Education and social support is proven necessary for maintaining adherence to regular physical activity.
- Currently, by the age of Seventy-five, one in three men and one in two women engage in no physical activity. During the years that the body and mind need it the most, many are inclined to participate the least.
- Men and Women in their seventies can establish levels of vigor and strength associated with people thirty years younger!
- Some experts believe that the human lifespan potential has been 110 years for at least the last 300 years.
- By 2030, 67 million Americans will be over 65 years of age. Over twice the number the country had in 1980.
- Thanks to medicine and technology, Americans are living longer. The fastest growing segment of the population is the age group of 85 years and older.
