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Dr. Nancy Bergstrom, the Associate Dean of Research at the UT Health School of Nursing Center On Aging , says small changes can pay off. She says some of her co-workers lost weight when they accepted a challenge to avoid elevators.
"They were on the first floor and needed something on the 5th floor; they would walk up."
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Dr. Bergstrom says she's seen families struggle to park as close to a store as possible -- missing a chance for exercise.
"Why aren't they parking a few feet further away and getting the exercise of walking in and out of the store?
Dr. Bergstrom says quality of life is more important than quantity of life . There's not much point to living longer if you spend it bed ridden.
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