Sophie Raworth: ‘I hope I can still run in my 80s’

• Regular exercise in older age maintains functional capacity and quality of life, with sustained activity potentially enabling continued physical pursuits into the eighth decade and beyond
• Public health messaging should emphasise exercise as a preventive strategy across the lifespan rather than treating it as optional in older populations
• GPs should encourage and support exercise engagement in older patients as part of routine health promotion and falls/frailty prevention

Sophie Raworth talks about the need for exercise as we get older.

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