Anti-aging therapy through fitness enhancement Castillo Garzón, Manuel J. Ruiz Ruiz, Jonatan Ortega Porcel, Francisco Bartolomé Gutiérrez, Ángel Aging Physical fitness Physical activity Health Physical exercise is proposed as a highly effective means of treating and preventing the main causes of morbidity and mortality – most of which are associated with aging – in industrialized countries. Low physical fitness is an important risk factor for cardiovascular and all-causes morbidity and mortality; indeed, it is even a predictor of these problems. When properly measured, the assessment of physical fitness can be a highly valuable indicator of health and life expectancy and, therefore, should be performed routinely in the clinical setting. Individually adapted training programs could be prescribed based on fitness assessment results and an adequate knowledge of patient lifestyle and daily physical activity. Such training programs would allow people to develop their maximum physical potential, improve their physical and mental health, and attenuate the negative consequences of aging. 2013-10-30T11:20:46Z 2013-10-30T11:20:46Z 2006 journal article Castillo Garzón, M.J.; et al. Anti-aging therapy through fitness enhancement. Clinical Interventions in Aging, 1(3): 213-220 (2006). [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/28988] 1176-9092 1178-1998 PMC2695180 http://hdl.handle.net/10481/28988 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ open access Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License Dove Medical Press; Society for Applied Research in Aging (SARA)