UBC News
By: Erik Rolfsen
April 27, 2018
A UBC kinesiology study has found that older adults are more likely to stick with a group exercise program if they can do it with people their own age. The study recruited 627 adults, averaging 72 years in age, for 12-week exercise classes at YMCA locations in Metro Vancouver.
“This study points to the importance of age-targeting, but perhaps not gender-targeting, when developing these programs,” says kinesiology professor Dr. Mark Beauchamp, the study’s lead author.
These findings could have a big impact for better health in the elderly.
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