Cultural engagement, such as going to the cinema, theater, concert or museum has been widely associated with improved health and enhanced wellbeing in older adults. But a new study focused on cultural engagement and physiological aging. Physiological aging was calculated by a collection of health markers, including blood pressure, cholesterol, lung function, weight and walking speed. The study, in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, found people with high levels of cultural engagement tended to have a physiological age that was three years lower than those with lower levels of cultural involvement. Authors say the impact of cultural engagement are comparable to frequent physical activity.