Did You Know

Physically fit, healthy middle aged adults have substantially lower healthcare costs as they age compared to their less fit counterparts, according to the American Heart Association. Researchers tracked medicare coverage in more than 20,000 healthy people from 1999 to 2009. For those who began the study in the highest fitness categories, average annual healthcare costs after age 65 were $3,277 for men and $2,755 for women. For those who began at the lowest fitness levels average costs were $5,134 for men and $4,565 for women.