90-year-old Centerville resident determined to stay fit
By Ann Tantlinger
While most older women take iron for improved energy, 90-year-old Barbara Wasson pumps iron three times a week for energetic good health. This 90-year-old Centerville resident didn’t start working out until she was 50 years old but she has more than made up for lost time by being consistently self-disciplined about her exercise routine.
She “kind of got hooked” on exercise later in life, when she was nearly 50 years old. Although her pediatrician diagnosed her with celiac disease when she was just five years old, he didn’t know how to treat it. As a result, she weighed only 39 pounds when she was nine years old and was so weak and uncoordinated that she could not participate in gym. Celiac disease is an auto-immune disease that affects the cilia in the intestine, causing the one afflicted to be unable to properly absorb nutrients from food.
(abridged) SOURCE: centervillBellbrookTimes
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What an inspiration for us!
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