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This is a great article Nicola! I'm in my 40s and have noticed that my muscles do get weaker when I don't exercise. I would be interested to read about the science of reading for pleasure, especially as we know that children that read have better life chances. Will look out for that!

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Hi Jay. It's definitely worth noticing that muscles weaken with less use - it's the only way to realise that we need to keep on pushing! My leg muscles are actually weakening rather dramatically and I'm starting to wonder if it's a side effect of statins, which I had to start taking a few months ago. Need to get checked out, I think!

Hope you've found the article on reading for pleasure now - earlier this week 😊

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