Fighting fit and healthy over 50

A DESIRE to stay healthy and fit is the major driving force behind older Irish people participating in physical activity, with women more driven by than men.

A total of 80% of women aged 55-64 and 68% aged 65-plus, said they exercised to improve their health and fitness, compared to 54%, and 55% of men, in the comparable age categories.

That’s according to the Irish Sports Monitor, the study of sporting participation conducted by the Irish Sports Council which has just been released for 2013.