According to the latest literature, you get older and fatter.  Surely, you already knew that, but science loves to prove and remind us of these simple truths.

Medical News Today writes of a new report in the January 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

Generally, people who participate in regular exercise already have lower rates of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, obesity, and osteoporosis...

..."A sedentary lifestyle increases the propensity to aging-related disease and premature death," the authors write. "Inactivity may diminish life expectancy not only by predisposing to aging-related diseases but also because it may influence the aging process itself."

It is more difficult to lose weight gained from inconsistent workouts.

Weight gain caused by inconsistent exercise cannot be lost by simply resuming a previous exercise routine...

"If you stop exercising with the intention of starting again later, you don't get to pick up where you left off," Thompson said. "You're likely to gain weight and get stuck with it unless you exercise a lot more. It's an ounce of prevention or a pound of cure, literally."

Don't stop believing.