Body Age/Real Age

ANCHOR LEAD:
HOW OLD ARE YOU - REALLY?
NOT JUST THE NUMBER OF CANDLES ON THE CAKE - BUT RATHER, HOW OLD IS YOUR BODY?? DEPENDING ON YOUR LIFESTYLE-YOUR BODY COULD BE MUCH OLDER THAN YOU ARE!
______ _______ REPORTS ON A HEALTH AND FITNESS TREND THAT'S MOTIVATING PEOPLE TO MELT AWAY THE POUNDS AND THE YEARS.

TRACK ONE Length: 04
MOST TWENTY-YEAR-OLDS DON'T THINK MUCH ABOUT GETTING OLD…BUT CAROL PINTO IS DIFFERENT.

NATS Length: 02
"Good, take it up."

TRACK TWO Length: 05
A YEAR AGO, SHE WAS SEVENTY POUNDS HEAVIER.THE PHYSICAL STRESS WAS TAKING A TOLL ON HER BODY.

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KEY @: 13 Carol Pinto, Health enthusiast
"I was really overweight and unhappy with my life."

TRACK THREE Length: 05
DIET AND EXERCISE HAVE RESTORED CAROL'S YOUTHFUL OUTLOOK. BUT A NEW TEST HAS HER REALLY EXCITED:

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KEY @: 21 Carol Pinto, Health enthusiast
"I'm definitely inspired by the results!"

TRACK FOUR Length: 16
CAROL TOOK WHAT'S CALLED A BODY AGE TEST--- A TEST THAT CLAIMS TO DETERMINE YOUR BODY'S PHYSIOLOGICAL AGE - A DIRECT RESULT OF HOW WELL YOU'VE CARED FOR IT. MANY DOCTORS USE THEM AS PART OF AN OVERALL HEALTH ASSESMENT….BUT NOW, A GROWING NUMBER OF HEALTH CLUBS COAST TO COAST ARE OFFERING TO PUT YOU TO THE TEST.

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KEY @: 42 Seven Boggs, Bally's Fitness Expert
"Biologically, some one may be forty years old, but internally they may be
thirty years old because of a healthy lifestyle…or vice-versa."

TRACK FIVE Length: 25
THERE ARE TWO WIDELY USED TESTS….
THE "REAL AGE" TEST…WHICH CAROL USED …IS DESIGNED BY A DOCTOR AT THE CLEVELAND CLINIC. IT'S A QUESTIONAIRE THAT COVERS LIFESTYLE, DIET, GENETIC AND MEDICAL HISTORY.

THE OTHER IS CALLED THE POLAR BODYAGE SYSTEM---IT MAY INCLUDE SOME BASIC PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL TESTS. BOTH SYSTEMS COMPARE YOUR RESULTS TO STANDARDS SET BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.

SOUNDS GOOD…BUT DO THESE TESTS REALLY MEAN ANYTHING?

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KEY @ 1:12 Dr. Kerry Stewart, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
"They don't really turn back the clock…because the clock is ticking."

TRACK SIX Length: 11
JOHNS HOPKINS PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, KERRY STEWART, SAYS THESE TESTS ALONE ARE NO REPLACEMENT FOR A THOROUGH EXAM BY YOUR DOCTOR….BUT HE SAYS, IF THEY INSPIRE PEOPLE TO GET FIT, THEY CAN BE A GOOD TOOL.

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KEY @: 1:27 Dr. Kerry Stewart, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
"You can certainly have a better quality of life."

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KEY @: 1:30 Seven Boggs, Bally's Fitness Expert
"If you have this test…at least you have a direction. At least you know, hey,
I'm on the right track or I'm on the wrong track."

TRACK SEVEN Length: 05
CAROL CHANGED HER DIET AND EXERCISE HABITS AND NOW TESTS SEVEN YEARS YOUNGER THAN HER REAL AGE!

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NO KEY
"I feel good when I look in the mirror, (smiles)"

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**Source: National Institutes of Health
EVEN IF YOU DON'T TAKE A BODY AGE TEST, EXPERTS SAY YOU CAN ADD YEARS TO YOUR LIFE. JUST THIRTY MINUTES A DAY OF MODERATE INTENSITY ACTIVITY, ALONG WITH STRENGTH TRAINING TWO TO THREE TIMES A WEEK WILL INCREASE YOUR LONGEVITY.

SOURCES:

Kerry Stewart, Ed.D.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Bayview Campus
4940 Eastern Avenue
Building B
Baltimore, Md.
21224
(410)550-0870

Dr. Stewart is Director of Clinical and Research Exercise Physiology, and a
member of the Division of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
His focus is on exercise testing and training of patients with heart disease,
hypertension, and diabetes.

Seven Boggs
Fitness Expert
Bally's Total Fitness
8851 SW 107th Ave.
Miami, Fl.
33176
(305)275-0015

Seven Boggs has more than a decade of experience as a personal trainer
and fitness consultant. She serves as a national spokesperson for Bally's
Fitness, and is a regular contributor to Fit.Style magazine. Her
accreditations include certification from the National Council of Strength and
Fitness.

Not interviewed:
Michael Roizen, M.D.
Co-Founder, RealAge Inc., RealAge.com
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio
44195
(216)444-2595
Contact Jennifer Perziballi, V.P. of P.R.
(212)377-2088
www.RealAge.com

Dr. Roizen is an anesthesiologist and internist with the Cleveland Clinic. A
spokesperson for Dr. Roizen says the Real Age test is more for "overall
health and wellness" than specific disease risk assessment.

***Real Age people say 15 million people have taken their test online. (They
don't have health club numbers yet.)
*** The full Real Age test is around 140 questions, but there are variations
being used... For example, the Bally's where we taped the story uses only
58 questions.
***The RealAge Advisory Board reviewed over 35,000 medical studies and
800 clinical trials, along with government health statistics to develop the
RealAge Test.

For information on the Polar Body Age Test you can click on:
www.polarbodyage.com and go to the sample report to view the kind of
information the test provides.