Effectiveness of an exercise and nutrition intervention for older adults with mild cognitive impairment: an open-label double-arm clinical trial

Memory declines gradually overtime as a normal process of aging. Therefore, the decline of MPI score in the nonparticipant group is a natural change, however interestingly, the MPI scores improved in the intervention group, suggesting that the physical exercise with nutritional lectures may prevent memory function. Our results also suggest that through physical exercises and nutritional lectures, older adults might have developed exercise habits that increased their muscle weight which might have improved their cognitive function. A 5-month intervention of our physical exercise training program with nutritional lectures for older adults without dementia can improve their memory performance, especially individuals with 60s and 70s and with mild cognitive impairment.