Keep on Moving: Physical Exercise and Dementia
Physical activity is essential for maintaining adequate blood flow to the brain and may stimulate brain cell growth and survival. Being active is therefore one of the factors researchers are considering for its role in reducing the risk of developing dementia and for the benefits it offers to people with dementia.
This Update Sheet outlines the part that exercise can play in promoting a healthy lifestyle and its potential to reduce the risk of dementia. It should also be read with the following publications, also available from Alzheimer's Australia:
- Update Sheet No 3: Treating Alzheimer’s Disease and Vascular Dementia: The
- Use of Other Therapeutic Approaches
- Update Sheet No 10: Keep your Brain Active: Mental Exercise and Dementia
- Update Sheet No 11: What you Eat and Drink and your Brain
- Booklet: Mind your Mind – a user’s guide to dementia risk reduction
- Paper No 13: Dementia Risk Reduction: The Evidence
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