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So you woke up this morning, got out of bed and looked in the mirror – what did you think of the person staring back at you? You may be a parent, a grandparent, a lover, a wife, a husband, a son, a daughter. But as you reflect on yourself and your current stage in life, how do you actually feel about yourself and how do you see your body?

Do you think of yourself as:

Young

Young at heart

Youthful

Fit

Active

Agile

Sexy

Darn good for my age

Not bad considering …

Middle-aged

A bit baggy and saggy

Age is creeping up on me fast!

My body needs an overhaul

Old

Wanting a new body

Elderly

My memory is going fast

Decrepit

In my research for this book, I interviewed over a thousand men and women aged over 50. I asked them about their eating and activity habits, for their views on their bodies and their attitudes to this phase of their lives. Their thoughts, views, needs and wants – coupled with the exciting new advances being made in research – have directly shaped this book.

So what did my research tell me?

83 per cent thought that their body needed an overhaul

39 per cent considered themselves young at heart

77 per cent described themselves as a bit baggy and saggy

51 per cent considered themselves old

Over 85 per cent of respondents wanted to address weight loss and middle-age spread and improve their health

Sadly, less than 1 per cent considered themselves sexy