Looking to boost gym membership among older adults? Then why not try this selling point: regular exercise is a key ingredient to maintaining a love life into your 80s.
A US study has found that people who keep fit and healthy still show interest in sex at 80. In comparison, those who don't exercise ditched action in the bedroom up to 20 years earlier.
In addition, healthy people have sex one or more
times a week and report a better quality of love-making.
The study looked at the sex lives of more than 6,000 people in the age groups of 25-74 and 57-85.
The difference between genders was most significant in the older age group, where 39 per cent of men, compared to 17 per cent of women, were sexually active.
