PHYSICAL ACTIVE FOR ACTIVE AND HEALTHY AGEING

The aim of this paper is to give an insight on how physical activity can be defined, parameterized and measured in older adults and on different options to deal with citizen physical activity promotion at European level. Three relevant aspects are highlighted: 1. When talking about physical activity, two different aspects are often unfairly mixed up: "physical activity" and "physical capacity".  Physical activity, is referred to as the level of physical activity someone is actually performing in daily life.