GOING STRONG AT 80

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 March 1939, Page 5

GOING STRONG AT 80

COMMONSENSE DIET & EXERCISE. A remarkable example of physical and mental health in a man of eighty years was mentioned at a luncheon of the Wellington Rotary Club by Mr C. Ruxton Bach, Physical Welfare Officer of the Department of Internal Affairs. “I was recently reading a book by Sir Arthur Newsholme, sometime principal medical officer of the British Ministry of Health, in which, at eighty years of age, his writings are marvellously clear, terse, and balanced by a lifetime of experience,” he said. “Hard work, moderation and an understanding of reasonableness in diet and activity generally have made him a keener and abler thinker and writer than he was as a young man.

“This can apply to many others. If we cannot get you out of your cars, perhaps we can get you out in your cars to beaches, mountain resorts, scenic resorts, where you will simply have to walk and get in the fresh air and sunshine for a fair part of the day. “A friend of mine, a very well known specialist in New Zealand, discussing middle age ailments said ‘lt is a great pity that middle aged men and women do not realise that they are in possession of a machine that requires regular use and reasonable fuelling to keep it running efficiently.’ For example, holiday lazing.”