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A planned University of Pennsylvania program using dance to promote cognitive health was featured by the American Public Health Association.
Penn Memory Center (PMC) researchers plan to partner with First Corinthian Baptist Church in West Philadelphia to provide senior citizens with group dancing sessions, PMC Co-Director Jason Karlawish said in the interview. The idea spawned from the interest adults were showing in a similar program used at a local middle school to target obesity.
“What we found is that many of the young people were coming with parents or grandparents, and we discovered that’s an opportunity to get older adults dancing, too,” Karlawish told The Nation’s Health. “Certainly, physical activity is related to weight management, but it’s also related to brain health. The researchers at Penn have developed ways using line-and related dance activities to engage groups in physically and socially engaging activities.”
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