Studies Find 11 to 20 Minutes of Daily Exercise Might Lower Your Risk of Stroke, Heart Disease and Cancer
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- 01 Mar 2023
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A second study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine Tuesday, similarly found that 11 minutes of exercise a day, or 75 minutes a week, is enough to prevent heart disease, stroke, and various cancers. That report, a meta-analysis evaluating 196 peer-reviewed articles, concluded that 75 minutes of moderate exercise a week — which could be going on a brisk walk, hiking, cycling, or dancing — can reduce the risk of early death by 23%.
The research adds to the evidence that physical activity is associated with better health outcomes.
“This study provides additional insights about the association between physical activity and lower risk of hospitalization for various conditions that are not typically linked with physical fitness, such as urinary tract infections, gallbladder disease, and pneumonia,” says Dr. Jimmy Johannes, pulmonologist and critical care medicine specialist at MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center in Long Beach, CA.
Greater physical activity means fewer health problems
To determine how regular exercise impacts the risk of hospitalization for some of the most common health conditions, the researchers evaluated the health data of over 81,000 patients between the ages of 42 to 78.
Each participant received a wrist-worn activity tracker for a one-week period.
The team then analyzed how physical activity impacted the participants’ risk of developing a health issue and being hospitalized for it.
They found that, in general, the more people exercised, the lower their risk of developing common health conditions — like diabetes, pneumonia, ischemic stroke, gallbladder disease, iron-deficiency anemia, urinary tract infections (UTIs), colon polyps, venous thromboembolism, and diverticular disease — was.
Greater physical activity was also associated with a lower risk of being hospitalized.
Exercising 20 additional minutes each day was associated with a 3.8% lower risk of being hospitalized for colon polyps, for example, and a 23% lower risk of being hospitalized for diabetes.
According to the researchers, the findings suggest that exercising for at least 20 minutes a day may be an effective, non-pharmaceutical intervention for staying out of the hospital.
“I think this is more supporting evidence that increased physical activity is associated with better health outcomes,” Johannes said. Read More…
