We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about how changes to a person’s walking speed or style can sometimes be an early sign of dementia.

We also know that increased frailty can reveal an increased dementia risk nine years ahead of diagnosis.

The NHS advises older adults (over 65) to get some form of exercise every single day, even if it’s only light movement, because it can help to combat the risks of heart disease and stroke.

But a group of researchers found that how someone’s gait (their walking style and speed) looks decades earlier than that may reveal “faster ageing” overall.
What does a person’s walking style say about how they’re ageing?

The researchers said that while gait speed is a well-known health marker for older adults, “little is known about the factors associated with gait speed earlier in life”.

So, they looked at data from 904 New Zealanders who took part in the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study. The research took place over five decades of the participants’ lives ― from birth until they were 45.

They found that the people involved in the study who had a slower gait speed at aged 45 tended to have increased signs of ageing overall, including earlier facial ageing and more compromised teeth, lungs and immune systems.

Their brains seemed to have aged faster, too.

There was also “a mean difference of 16 IQ points between the slowest and fastest walkers”, a factor which researchers say was “remarkably” linked to how a lot of participants performed at cognitive tests aged just three years old.

In short, the scientists say the “gait speed test is cheap, safe, easy to test repeatedly, and feasible to use among people in their 40s”.
So... will walking more help me to age slower?

This study didn’t seek to prove that ― they just found a link, not a cause.

But there’s some research to suggest that exercise can help to prevent the negative side-effects associated with ageing, and lots of evidence that tells us people who exercise more may live longer than those who don’t.

Benefits are seen even among those who pick up their first weight at 70.

The NHS recommends 150 minutes of low-intensity exercise or 75 minutes of higher-intensity exercise a week.

https://youtu.be/4-RxooMuzb4?si=z0LS0J2C9HYfucPs

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gpkgly9qzo.amp

But isn’t he saying what a lot of British have been promoting in a way with their marches and protests - as if October 7th never happened

https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/labour-mp-leads-calls-for-anti-israel-hate-preacher-to-be-banned-from-uk-visit/

Let’s only tax what won’t hurt them!
What a surprise

https://youtube.com/shorts/iG1SxMnY27U?si=qowJtu7JR8x5Mpah

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/13/imported-sweets-american-candy-flooding-uk-high-streets-councils-banned-additives

https://youtube.com/shorts/FcAJj_nla1s?si=uPBJP-EBqbryGXe3

I had to laugh out loud at this gaff

Regarding your post re “Unforgotten “ we also have a samsung tv and have got over the problem by buying a fire stick (amazon) for around £25 one off buy and watch everything that samsung no longer supports , through this. hope that helps. Sorry ipad wont send private messages to you , dont have a reply section come up on my ipad to reply below your reply and now on my iphone 14 it says no longer have app on app store 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ So apologies to everyone who wont be interested in this message .

https://youtube.com/shorts/JLTrP07QsJU?si=U2AeVcArmPLq-cLD

Ed Davey tells it like it is

https://youtube.com/shorts/NgdMcrdTP3c?si=7-lZDHv3RD4VhI3K

I do like some of the comments underneath though

https://youtu.be/Zi-EiD36KqI?si=Bhn_y8rHVxTKL4Sx

Create your own

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNd1FevX3/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7vd48y710mo.amp

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/gateshead-pervert-caught-after-boasting-30992123?int_source=nba

Is this true ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c897ew0ekp4o.amp

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8ed3nk3n6ro.amp

https://www.itv.com/news/2025-02-11/undercover-footage-shows-far-right-group-preparing-for-race-war

A white supremacist group masquerading as a fitness club has been secretly working to build a far-right militia, holding training sessions in plain sight

I never knew this country needed to import dog-walkers https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/12/uk-skilled-worker-visa-eligibility-list

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cew5rwpw579o

Good idea or security threat?
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/33302420/labour-china-north-sea-wind-farm-national-security/

If you are ever in need of something nice to watch, take a look at the 2 accounts below

This is a young Scottish lad who hikes around Scotland showing beautiful scenery,views and bothies
scottishsummiteer
This next one follows a young couple called Jack and Paige as they travel and experience the real India, China and Pakistan
Jack Aynsley travel

Both show amazing sites and young people with a love of travel and nature

Who probably laughed in his face

It’s only took 7 months though

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNd11GNkr/

😃

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/04/channel-4-go-back-to-where-you-came-from-migration

See how hard the racist bigots are once they are challenged and made to see the truth not the far right propaganda

Started last night . Dare you to watch all four episodes

First one on the Iplayer now

Yeah but no but yeah but no

Well done Yvette Cooper

https://youtu.be/X6SDAsKLB84?si=Y6atjQuEmIsIKYyu

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNeooYcps/

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNeowvtDr/

I think so

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2egl17pvldo

Now if other sites could be investigated it would be brilliant

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/v-fluence-pesticide-critics

More Illegal migrant workers have been arrested in police raids in the last month of this Labour government than in the final year of the Tory government.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/illegal-workers-arrested-car-wash-nail-bars-immigration-crackdown-yvette-cooper-b1210040.html

Angela Rayner doesn't deny saying Keir Starmer 'couldn't run a bath'.

How do they manage in the same House?

When Donald Trump was asked a question from a journalist with a strong middle eastern accent, he avoided answering by saying "I can't understand a word you said, but you have a nice voice, where is your accent from" When she told him, he blanked her and asked for the next question.
What do you all think? Racist Trump?

Two MPs now have been suspended because of comments on private WhatsApp groups. WhatsApp is encrypted and private, so it can only be someone in that group who is a grass. Probably a secret Reform supporter.
The offensive message Oliver Ryan sent was calling someone an oaf.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly5xdvnn16o

This is the man that I had hoped would be selected to stand for President in the US. If only Biden had stood down earlier and a fairer selection had been done.

Just listen to his speech and consider who is an idiot 😢

https://youtu.be/DY7hfnkiphM?si=ylYmdmwk0iBe61tb

https://youtu.be/4XiLYK5ceEo?si=72S_rXN8-VYzMjRY

Doesn’t it seem ridiculous that these cannot be recycled from kerbside

👏🏽 little lad

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gwykzqed5o.amp

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgev8m82llo

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yvjpprzy1o.amp

Trump said " I won't deport Prince Harry - he's got enough problems with Megan.

Can this possibly be the same man who has a history of three divorces, a record of conviction for sexual assault, and a widely broadcast habit of grabbing women physically for his personal gratification?

Home grown yet again but such light sentences

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/the-criminals-locked-up-in-january-319451/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/08/rediscovered-a-young-english-novelists-warning-of-the-nazi-threat

This really upset me. That poor man made to stand in front of and surrounded by armed Hamas and make a statement about going home . Thought his wife and children were safe
😢😢

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8632n81dx3o

https://www.thebangoraye.com/snakes-that-escaped-from-colwyn-bay-zoo-are-now-thriving-in-north-wales/

"They fear love because it creates a world they can't control".

Getting fatter

https://youtu.be/QzB4OGids8s?si=9oNk_n_1mQfkZWDo

One of the most powerful men in the world will issue an executive order next week to promote plastic straws, which are beautiful, unlike paper ones, that don't work.

Your thoughts?

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/bbc-licence-fee-fury-as-millions-of-letters-sent-warning-of-1-000-fine-amid-crackdown/ar-AA1yHsJn?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=3ba882ceda5e44b489cfd9336be99ee4&ei=23

What happened to the thugs who smashed a female PC in the face at Manchester airport last year??.
2 tier free gear beers justice system in action??, these 2 get away with this awful crime yet TR gets 18 months for a CIVIL offence!!!