Electronic/World Wide Web>Internet Article: Rettner, Rachael (April 06, 2015), Want to Live Longer? Optimal Amount of Exercise Revealed, JAMA, Retrieved on 2015-04-06Source Material [www.livescience.com]
Folksonomies: exercise longevity Memes
06 APR 2015
Ideal Amount of Exercise for Longevity
People who got some exercise, but not enough to meet the physical activity recommendations were still 20 percent less likely to die over a 14-year period than those who did not do any physical activity. (The recommendations say to do 150 minutes of moderate activity per week or 75 minutes of vigorous activity per week.)
People who engaged in the recommended level of physical activity saw even more benefit: They were 31 percent less likely to die during the study period, compared with those w...
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Who recommendation is 150 minutes moderate or 75 minutes vigorous a week. Three to five times this amount was linked with a 39% reduction in mortality; therefore, 7.5 hours moderate exercise or 3.75 hours vigorous for best results.
