UConn Health Minute: Exercise and Aging Well

Moving the body is one of the best ways to age well – it can improve your health and quality of life. And as Dr. Jaclyn Olsen Jaeger with the UConn Center on Aging explains, several of the most serious chronic conditions in older adults can be prevented or managed with physical activity.

Dr. Jaclyn Jaeger with a stethoscope on a patient

Dr. Jaclyn Olsen Jaeger speaks with a model patient at the UConn Center on Aging at UConn Health. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health Photo)

Moving the body is one of the best ways to age well – it can improve your health and quality of life. And as Dr. Jaclyn Olsen Jaeger with the UConn Center on Aging explains, several of the most serious chronic conditions in older adults can be prevented or managed with physical activity.