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Article: Keep dancin'!(dancing serves both a social and physical need for the elderly)
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- Dance Magazine
- Article date:
- September 1, 1998
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Physical activity has been encouraged on a national level since the 1950s. The Surgeon General's report, Physical Activity and Health, issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 1996, gives strong supporting evidence of the physical, psychological, and social benefits of exercise at every age.
PHYSICALLY
The Surgeon General's report of 1996 encourages men and women of every age to make physical activity a regular and sustainable part of their lives. The physiological benefits of exercise most widely appreciated are its effects on the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems, and on the functioning of metabolic, endocrine, and immune ...