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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harry Bullmore

Think you’re too old to start exercising at 50, 60 or 70? Think again

There’s an age when our physical activity declines, researchers say. But, the shift isn’t all physical - (Getty Images/iStock)

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Physical ability peaks at 35. Or at least, that’s the headline takeaway from a 47-year study by the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.

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