Acing a simple one-leg test could cut your risk of dying in half: study

Seniors, listen up. A new study suggests that how well you perform on a simple balance test could offer clues about how well you’re aging — and even your chances of making it through the next seven years. Researchers found that older adults who performed best on the free, at-home assessment were about half as likely to die during the follow-up period as those with the lowest scores. Balance and agility may be top indicators of how well an older adult is aging, new research suggests. DusanJelicic – stock.adobe.com The study involved more than 13,000 community-dwelling adults ages 65 and older in Taiwan, about 62.5% of whom were women. The participants took a series of standardized tests designed to assess four areas of physical fitness: balance and agility, muscle strength, heart and lung e