Health / 03 February 2022
Walking for life
Some good news if you’ve fallen off the exercise wagon – a new study has found that walking for an extra 10 minutes a day can boost your life expectancy. The study, which was conducted by America’s National Cancer Institute and Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, looked at data from exercise trackers and the death rates of thousands of adults. After factoring in things like diet, age, and lifestyle sins like smoking, it found that even a little bit of physical activity could prevent more than 111,000 premature deaths every year. That lines up with previous findings, but the data points are more solid. And look, let’s be honest – a 10-minute walk a day doesn’t meet most exercise guidelines… So as an incentive, the study found that even longer walks boosted health outcomes even further. Time to strut your stuff…
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