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Taking care of the body matters. Regular physical activity can support health and function across adulthood and older age. Healthy habits can improve the odds. They do not create a contract with biology.

An active person can still become ill. A careful person can still be injured. Bodies change even when they have been treated well.

This distinction protects care from becoming a promise it cannot keep. Movement, food, sleep, preventive care, and treatment can all matter while uncertainty remains. No one can claim that a sufficiently disciplined life prevents every illness.

The more useful question is what we can do now to support our capacity to meet later life. Preparation matters. So does humility about what it can and cannot control.