Before I answer your question, let me clarify that while metabolism does drop with age (about 3 percent per decade) due to muscle loss and hormonal changes, it does not drop with exercise, but rather increases due to direct calorie burning during your workouts and indirectly through an increase in muscle mass as a result of your workouts.

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Men are more likely than women to get some exercise but their exercise levels drop off very quickly as they get into their 30s.

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But whatever the evolution, the same few suggestions continue to do the rounds: eat right, exercise more, drop stress and allow the body to do its thing.

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It provides youth drop-in services, adult learning groups and exercise classes.

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So staff are less confident in their PE teaching abilities and there has been a steep drop in the numbers of children doing two or more hours exercise a week.

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Not only are you healthier as a result, your comprehensive exercise program, which includes cardiovascular and weight-bearing exercise, is preventing further weight gain and allowing you to maintain muscle mass so your metabolism does not drop significantly as you get older.

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