Elderly exercise

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Exercise lessens risk of dementia by half in older people, study claims

Thirty minutes a few times a week is all it takes, study claims.

Elderly people work out with wooden dumb-bells in the grounds of a temple in Tokyo on September 17, 2012 to celebrate Japan's Respect-for-the-Aged-Day.

YOSHIKAZU TSUNO

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