Mixed
Objective measures of physical capability (grip strength, walking speed, chair rise, standing balance) are robust indicators of healthy biological ageing and predict lower mortality and morbidity rates.
Focus on maintaining objective physical capabilities like grip strength, walking speed, and balance. These are not just measures of current fitness but strong predictors of your long-term survival and risk of chronic disease. Regularly assessing these metrics provides a clearer picture of your health trajectory than self-reported feelings of ability.
There is robust evidence that higher scores on these measures are associated with lower rates of mortality, and more limited evidence of lower risk of morbidity, and of age-related patterns of change.
Why this rating
The paper cites systematic reviews and meta-analyses showing robust associations with mortality, though evidence for morbidity is described as 'more limited'.
Source
A life-course approach to healthy ageing: maintaining physical capability
Diana Kuh et al. · Proceedings of The Nutrition Society · 2014
DOI 10.1017/s0029665113003923
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