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February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Physical exercise may prevent or delay dementia, but how to get older adults to exercise when so few do? This study suggests virtual "cybercycling" can produce a beneficial cognitive effect over and above traditional exercise.
April 15, 2011 | Story
A profile of the evaluator, Sara Wilcox, PhD.
March 1, 2012 | Story
Home of the 8th Annual National Games for Health Conference.
May 6, 2008 | Video/Story
Connecting the worlds of video games and health, with positive results.
National Program
To increase the number of American adults age 50 and older who engage in regular physical activity.
March 31, 2011 | Program Results Report
Progress and lessons learned from two programs that seek to advance the impact digital games can have on health.
August 11, 2010 | Program Results Report
The National Council on Aging identified 10 best practice physical activity programs, disseminated information on them via issue briefs and put information on the programs studied on a Web-based directory.
June 30, 2010 | Journal Article
Participants in a community physical activity program for older adults showed improvements in physical functioning.
April 15, 2010 | Program Results Report
Active for Life studied how to deliver and sustain research-based physical activity programs in real-world settings so that large numbers of older Americans could benefit from them.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Physical Activity interventions can create lasting changes in behavior if researchers translate their findings into community-based programs. This study found midlife and older adults had maintained their increased physical activity levels six months after the Active for Life (AFL) intervention.