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Physical exercise while young could help delay ageing –Experts

  Health  experts have urged young Nigerians to embrace regular physical exercise if they want to delay physical ageing when they advance in age. According to the experts, people who are concerned about their physical health at old must engage in regular physical exercise while they are young. Speaking with PUNCH HealthWise, one of the experts, Professor Mike Ogirima, stated that Nigerians should engage in regular aerobic exercise to delay the onset of bending over in old age, people. Prof. Ogirima, who is a past president of the Nigeria Medical Association, said although bending over is a natural process of aging, it can be delayed by exercise even though a person’s biological clock can influence how soon the person starts bending over in old age. While a person’s biological clock and exercise have a role to play in delaying bending over in old age, Prof. Ogirima who is a Chief Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, explained that bending...