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9.6.1.2 Exercise Promotion among Geriatrics Patients Given the low
levels of exercise typically obtained by older adults (only 12% of
adults over 75 get the minimum level of physical activity currently
recommended by the CDC, and 65% report no leisure time activity
(Healthy People 2010, 2000)), the evaluation of the exercise advisor
agent within this population seemed critically important. However,
there appeared to be signicant challenges in getting new technol-
ogies such as this accepted and used by this population. Although
some researchers have found that many older adults readily accept
new technolo ...