Prescribing Exercise as an Alternative Treatment for Ageing Populations of the 21st Century
Journal Title: Obesity Research - Open Journal - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Life expectancy has significantly increased over the past few decades. Since 1990, life expectancy at birth has increased by 6 years globally, and populations live on average 20 years longer than 50 years ago according to the latest WHO report on ageing.1 The retirement age, currently average at 65 years, and is expected to rise to almost 70 years by 2060 in many developed countries (EU report, 2015). For example, the UK legislation is expected to rise the pension age to 68 by 2046.1,2
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Ahmad Alkhatib
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