The Nation - News from March 7, 1986

A new study has confirmed the health benefits of exercise by demonstrating that Harvard College men who worked out regularly were healthier and lived longer than those who chose sedentary lives. The life styles and health of 16,936 Harvard College alumni ages 35 to 74 who entered the school between 1916 and 1950 were examined in an 18-year study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which emphasized the importance of exercise.