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Explores the established associations between physical activity and clinical health outcomes including cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, cancer, and physical and cognitive functional decline in older populations. Compares and contrasts historical and current methods of physical activity assessment (subjective and objective) and how these methods have been used to derive the current physical activity CDC recommendations. Focuses primarily on the problem of measurement and the use of technology to assess physical activity in the clinical and research settings.