Fighting fit for old age

IT really could be the survival of the fittest for women wanting to avoid dementia in old age.

A Swedish study, published in journal Neurology, found very physically fit women were nearly 90 per cent less likely to develop dementia compared to those who are only moderately fit during middle age.

Of the small proportion of fit women who did go on to have dementia, they developed the disease an average of 11 years later than the less physically fit women.