The researchers found that men who are active in sports activities at school , rarely to see a doctor at the age of 70 , compared to those who are less actively engaged as a teenager . Not only more healthy , active man during his teenage sports in school , are more active in old age .
Researchers from Cornell University 's Food and Brand Lab in the United States , and researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich , examined 72 veterans of the second world war an active sport as a teenager .
The study , titled Fit in 50 Years was published in BMC Public Health . The researchers found that men aged 70 to join a club or sports team at age 30 to 40s , came to the doctor for treatment less frequently in a year , compared to those who did not actively exercise .
