Has the question "Does physical fitness really prevent disease?" been on your mind? Now you have your answer ...

"The association between...fitness and mortality [has been] well described. However, the association between midlife fitness and the development of non-fatal chronic conditions in older age has not been studied [previously.]

"...We studied 18,670 healthy participants (21.1% women; median age 49 years who survived to receive Medicare coverage from January 1, 1999, to December 31, 2009...

Results: After 120,780 person-years of Medicare exposure with a median follow-up of 26 years the highest quintile of fitness...was associated with a lower incidence of chronic conditions...

Conclusions: In this [group] of healthy middle-aged adults, fitness was significantly associated with a lower risk of developing chronic disease outcomes during 26 years of follow-up."

Editor's Note: Whether this outcome is designated as Alternative Medicine or not, its certainly provides helpful advice.

In: Archives of Internal Medicine, Sep. 24, 2012. By: Drs. Willis, Leonard, Berry, et al., affiliations not given. "Archives" is a member of the Journal of the A.M.A. network.

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