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Article: Body building for the nineties. (includes related articles on biomarkers) (interview with William Evans, Department of Agriculture's Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging) (Cover Story)
- Article from:
- Nutrition Action Healthletter
- Article date:
- June 1, 1992
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"Rest is precisely what aging people do not need," says William Evans of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University.
And he's not just talking about people in their nineties.
Starting in middle age, people begin to gain fat and lose muscle, strength, bone, and aerobic capacity. Their risk of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and osteoporosis climbs. They're headed for what Evans calls The Disability Zone.
A healthy diet can help reduce those risks, but exercise is equally--and in some cases more--important. Evans isn't talking about aerobic exercise. The single most critical ...