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Healthy AgingStaying Strong While Growing OldIn 2003, the ILC-USA published its issue brief: "Growing Older, Staying Strong: Preventing Sarcopenia Through Strength Training," written by Michael J.Hewitt, Ph.D., research director for exercise science at Canyon Ranch Health Resort. The brief recommends that older people can stave off the muscle-wasting condition known as sarcopenia by working out as little as twice a week. In the Aug. 27, 2007 article, "Strength training can deter muscle, bone loss" The Arizona Republic concurs, offering five simple tips to help prevent or delay muscle loss, and citing our study. The consequences of muscle-wasting sarcopenia, including slow gait, balance difficulties and suppressed metabolic rate, may be greater than those of its better-known cousin osteoporosis, according to a report by the nonprofit, New York-based International Longevity Center-USA. —Connie Midey, The Arizona Republic To read the full article, or download our issue brief, click on our Related Links, below. Back
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