Health and fitness are not just for young people. They are  for anyone willing to accept the (46)______ for a good diet
and (47)______ exercise. With age, there is a tendency to feel that the body is no longer able to (48)______. Aches and pains are (49)______ normal. Instead of pushing the body to do (50)_______, activities become limited. Yet examples after examples have shown us that older people can – and should – be (51)______. Men and women in their sixties have run in marathons, races of more than  twenty-six miles. Some professional athletes stay (52)______ into their forties and fifties.
For most people, simple activities like walking and swimming are all that is needed to stay in (53)______. It’s important to include exercise in your daily routine. In the winter, (54)______ push-ups, sit-ups, and other indoor exercises. Of course, such exercises will be of little use (55)______ you follow them with soda and chips.