ABSTRACT
SUMMARY. A continual exercise program, properly performed, can dramatically slow and partially reverse the debilitating effects of age and certain chronic diseases that accompany the aging process. Exercise has multiple propitious effects: it can relieve pain, produce a sense of well-being, prevent falls, increase independence, reduce medical costs, reverse obesity, protect joints from further breakdown, and increase lung and heart function. It is relatively cheap and safe-provided certain principles are followed. [Article copies available from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1–800–342–9678.]
