Physical Activity As We Age: Keeping The Baby Boomer Buff

on this podcast we Discuss with Edward R. Laskowski, M.D.Co-Director, Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine The physiologic changes that occur with normal aging and describe how exercise can mitigate these effects

People over 65 years old in U.S.

1900: 4%

2000: 12% (36 million)

2020: 20% (census estimate)

2030: 70 million (census estimate)

1 in 5 people in U.S.

2050: 1 in 5 people in world over 65 (1.53 billion)

Edward R. Laskowski, M.D.Co-Director, Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine

Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports

[email protected] @DrEdSportsMed