PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Augustine Chavez AU - Robert Scales AU - Juliana M. Kling TI - Promoting physical activity in older women to maximize health AID - 10.3949/ccjm.88a.20170 DP - 2021 Jul 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 405--415 VI - 88 IP - 7 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/88/7/405.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/88/7/405.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2021 Jul 01; 88 AB - Physical activity can maximize health by improving disease-oriented and patient-oriented outcomes in women age 60 and older. General activity levels are low in the United States. Promoting physical activity in clinical practice is limited by time constraints and knowledge deficits. Understanding the benefits of the specific type of physical activity, the intensity, and the level in older women helps clinicians provide focused, time-efficient counseling in primary care. This review details the benefits of physical activity in older women by disease state.