COVID-19: Sweden struggles to keep physically fit in lockdown

Long jump world champion Malaika Mihambo is hosting online workouts for children during lockdown.

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Legs.

Older women who have strong legs are likely to fare better when it comes to ageing of the brain, a decade-long study of more than 300 twins suggests.

The King’s College London team says leg power is a useful marker of whether someone is getting enough exercise to help keep their mind in good shape.

Exercise releases chemicals in the body that may boost elderly brains, say the scientists, in the journal Gerontology.

But they say more research is needed to prove their hunch.

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