Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

‘I didn’t go to a gym until I was 63!’

Ita Buttrose

Q When did you first start thinking about your health and wellbeing, in terms of ageing well?

“When I was about 38 I thought, ‘how do I want to be when I get older?’ I knew I wanted to be fit and keep my weight down. So I thought, ‘I’ll have to take up exercise.’ I started running and loved it once I got the hang of it. I did that for a long time,

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