What is the one-day walking exercise time that extends your life expectancy by one year?
Aug 29, 2024
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Regular exercise has long been known to reduce the risk of major diseases including heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and cancer.
Accordingly, it has been recommended to exercise for about 150 minutes a week by mixing muscle formation and aerobic exercise.
However, a new study found that just 10 minutes of walking once a day can add up to a year to life expectancy for people over 60.
According to the British media Daily Mail, the University of Leicester's research team conducted research on 40,000 women and 30,000 men, most of whom are in their 60s.
As a result, the effect of extending lifespan due to regular walking was about '16 months' for men and about '11 months' for women.
More longevity effects could have been obtained by increasing the distance and intensity of walking.
A 30-minute walk per day was associated with a life expectancy of 16 months for women and almost two and a half years for men.
In an interview with the media, Tom Yates, a physiologist at the University of Leicester who led the study, said "It is not clear exactly why there is a gender difference in this study. There needs to be more research in this area."
It was then emphasized that "What is important in this study is that we are under much more precise influence on the benefits of exercise."
Co-researcher Dr. Francesco Zaccardi "This study adds to the evidence that habitual daily physical activity is a powerful factor in determining health and longevity", he explained.
"It has been shown that it is important for adults who are currently inactive to add a little bit of physical activity."," he said.
On the other hand, recent studies have shown that walking 10,000 steps per day and walking 7,000 steps per day does not differ significantly in terms of exercise effect.
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