Healthy ageing: Physical activity a key to living better for longer

Agreement: I Agree Body: Dear Editor Two very important reports have been published in the early part of this year that have crucial messages for public health. The Health Foundation report concluded that the UK’s health is declining and falling behind most other similar nations.(1) It also highlighted stark increases in health inequalities, with a staggering 20-year gap in healthy life expectancy between the most and least deprived areas of England. Similar information was also stressed in a He