How exercise boosts longevity, prolongs the health span: Latest evidence

• Regular exercise is a well-known requirement for staying healthy, and as a person ages it continues to be an important way of prolonging the health span.
• The latest evidence shows that exercise can help prevent muscle loss as a person ages, and pinpoints the likely underlying mechanisms.
• Recent studies also show just which forms of exercise provide the most health benefits as we get on in age.

It may be common knowledge that maintaining a regular exercise routine is important to every aspect of human health.

In addition to this, an increasing amount of recent evidence shows just how important it is to keep up that exercise routine as we age to boost longevity and increase our health span — or the number of healthy years that a person lives.

Here is what some of the latest research covered on Medical News Today has found about exercise and aging, and which forms of exercise bring the most health benefits later in life.