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Healthy ageing - stay physically active.
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Healthy Active Australia.
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Queensland University of Technology.
Australian Physiotherapy Association.
Seniors Information Service.
Heart Foundation, Australia.
Council on the Ageing.
Easy Exercise and Screening for You.
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References used for this fact sheet
- Optimizing exercise and physical activity in older people (2004), M. Morris and A. Schoo (eds), Butterworth-Heinemann, Edinburgh.
- Fitness for seniors [online], Australian Physiotherapy Association. More information here.
- Living Longer, Living Stronger – research [online], Council on the Ageing, Australia.More information here.
- Evans, W. and Rosenberg, I. (1992), Biomarkers: The 10 keys to prolonging vitality, Fireside/Simon & Schuster, New York.
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Last updated: May 2009
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