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Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
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- Older adults need good, regular sleep every night.
- Exercise can help older adults sleep better.
- Different kinds of exercise give different results.
- Vigorous exercise gave the biggest sleep benefit here.
- Light activity helped a little but less.
- Moderate exercise did not help much in this study.
- Researchers used wearable rings to watch sleep and movement.
- They measured movement, heart rate, and skin temperature.
- Group walking or swimming could be useful activities.
- The study had only a few people.
Difficult words
- vigorous — Strong and energetic physical activity.
- moderate — Not very hard, not very easy exercise.
- wearable — A small device you can wear.
- researcher — A person who studies or tests things.Researchers
- heart rate — How fast the heart beats each minute.
- movement — Body or physical motion and activity.
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Discussion questions
- Do you sleep well every night?
- Do you exercise? What type of exercise do you do?
- Would you try group walking or swimming?
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