There is no term for Sports Parents

There was no old term for the sport. Parent body can still respond to the motion activity is as good as the condition of his body while still young. Unfortunately, some parents are even more focused on anti-aging products and forget about trying to stay healthy through exercise.

"Exercise is a 'magic bullet' to ensure long life and still get good quality of life," said Colin Milner, CEO of the International Council on Active Aging, as reported by Preventdisease, Saturday (16/04/2011).

Health experts say that one of the best ways to increase the body's ability to ward off health problems such as when you are still in prime condition and young age is exercise.

Unfortunately, few people are willing to do sports when it enters old age. In a study done, Milner noted that 85 percent of people aged over 65 years have health problems that could prevent them from exercising.

Meanwhile, another problem, often the person who was more advanced anti-aging medicine focuses on the external and forget about trying to make the body stay healthy, that is exercise.

"29 billion dollars spent annually for anti-aging medicine, mostly spent on external things, such as Botox and breast implants. All this has no impact on your health from the inside. The challenge is to help people to realize that they should focus on prevention rather than improvement (appearance), "said Milner.

Milner explained that the exercise be done when you were young until well into old age is beneficial for the body to keep away from dangerous diseases, including make you young, rather than have perfected the look by using an external anti-aging products.

"In 10 years, I have to see more studies that reflect the benefits of exercise in reducing the risk of various medical disorders, ranging from heart disease to depression with the effects of gall bladder surgery," said James Blumenthal, a professor of medical psychology at Duke University Medical School .

Besides trimming the risk of various diseases, Blumenthal adds, exercise in old age has been proven to help lose weight, increase self-confidence and physical condition making it easier to perform activities of daily living.

Despite all this good news about how exercise can improve the lives of older individuals, the key is to motivate these people to keep moving.

For people who tend to exercise, Milner said the number one motivator of 50 percent derived themselves, because people are interested in staying healthy.

But for people who do not have a strong desire from yourself to exercise, Milner said that the doctor can help.

"52 percent of doctors tell their patients to exercise, but only 14 percent actually do prescribe it," said Milner.

The message must be conveyed is that the sport is not an option. Exercise should be done as part of your routine, like brushing your teeth.

According to Milner, another way to encourage parents to exercise is to explain how exercise can make people independent or autonomous.

"One reason why adults need to be assisted in life is lack of leg strength, so that they can not get out of the chair, walked up the stairs or perform its own function," said Milner.

So, if they start exercising they will be much more likely to live independently, bringing their own shopping and playing with grandchildren.