Meeting recommended weekly physical activity levels linked to lower risk of death

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/b-mrw063020.php


News Release 1-Jul-2020
BMJ


Adults who meet recommended weekly physical activity levels have a lower risk of death, finds a US study published by The BMJ today.

The survival benefits are similar regardless of intensity of activity, although they are slightly higher for vigorous than light to moderate activity, the findings show.

Inadequate physical activity is a worldwide public health issue. It has been estimated that physical inactivity was responsible for 6-10% of the global burden of major chronic non-communicable diseases and 9% of early deaths in 2008 at a cost of $53.8 billion to healthcare systems worldwide in 2013.

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