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Why US communities should be designing parks for older adults

  • Written by Jay Maddock, Dean and Professor of Public Health, Texas A&M University

As America grays, healthy aging becomes essential. Physical activity or exercise is an important piece of this. Getting regular exercise of just 150 minutes of moderate physical activity per week has been linked to a reduction in heart disease, cancer, falls and cognitive impairment due to dementia, including Alzheimer-type dementia.

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