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It may be possible to maintain and improve functional health or at least prevent the decline in functional health associated with biological ageing, which in turn somewhat related to chronological age. This may be achieved by taking small and simple steps in everyone´s daily life such as regular physical activity, eating healthy and balanced diet, limiting alcohol consumption within recommended amount, etc. This book, therefore, provides an important public health message and incentive not only to clinicians and policy makers but also to the general public on how best to maintain functional health.

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Phyo qualified in 1995 from the Institute of Medicine (I),Yangon, Myanmar (formerly Burma) and started postgraduate medical training the UK in 1997. He was trained Clinical Epidemiology in Cambridge and Norwich, completed higher medical specialist training in March 2008 with accreditations in General Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine.

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