One minute of vigorous incidental activity per day can lower the risk of an early death. Such activity includes quick bursts up stairs, chasing children, or heaving heavy shopping bags. Researchers tracked nearly 3,300 Americans with an average age of about 51 who reported no regular structured exercise. Participants wore wrist trackers to log movements, and those who did even a minute of vigorous activity daily had a 38 per cent lower risk of dying over six years compared to those who did none. The exertion could be split into multiple short bursts and was linked to meaningful health benefits in a nationally representative sample.
Even one minute of vigorous exercise a day can lower your risk of an early death, a new study has found. Research, led by University of Sydney academic Professor Emmanuel Stamatakis, may provide some solace for the exercise averse, after it found just one minute of vigorous incidental activity a day - such as a quick burst up stairs, chasing after your children or heaving heavy shopping bags - can lengthen your life.
The study looked at nearly 3,300 Americans with an average age of about 51, who reported doing no regular structured exercised. Asked to wear trackers on their wrists to log their movements, those who did even a minute of vigorous activity a day had a 38 per cent lower risk of dying over the following six years compared to those who did none.
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