A mixed picture emerges from the international literature about secular and cohort changes in the health and functioning of older adults. We conducted a repeated population based cross-sectional study to determine trends in health, functioning and physical activity in the young old Finnish population.
Gerontology Research Centre, Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35 (Viv) FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland. eino.heikkinen@jyu.fi
