By The Huffington Post News Editors
Maintaining an active lifestyle throughout childhood and young adulthood could pay off big time for your brain later on in life, according to a new study.
Researchers from King’s College London found that people who were regular exercisers throughout their lives did better on mental tests when they were 50, compared with their more sedentary peers.
The findings, published in the journal Psychological Medicine, are based on data from more than 9,000 men and women who were part of the 1958 National Child Development Study. People in the study self-reported their “leisure time physical activity” several times throughout the study period, at ages 11, 16, 33, 42, 46 and 50.