Daily activities like washing dishes reduced heart disease risk in senior women

 

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/943850

 

 News Release 22-Feb-2022
Peer-Reviewed Publication
University of California - San Diego

 

Seniors take note, running or brisk walking is not the only way to reduce the risk of heart disease. Simply being “up and about” performing routine activities, referred to as daily life movement, including housework, gardening, cooking and self-care activities like showering can significantly benefit cardiovascular health.

Compared to women with less than two hours per day of daily life movement, those women with at least four hours of daily life movement had a 43% lower risk of cardiovascular disease, 43% lower risk of coronary heart disease, 30% lower risk of stroke and notably, a 62% lower risk of cardiovascular disease death.

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