Doctors have long advised that we exercise at least three times a week for half an hour in order to maintain good health. However, it turns out that this is not quite true.
The latest research, published in the "Journal of the American Heart Association", showed that if we walk 15 times for two minutes during the day, the same effect is achieved as if we walked twice for 15 minutes, or were on our feet for 30 minutes at a time .
The researchers analyzed the data of 4.840 men and women over the age of 40, who were tasked with wearing accelerometers every day since 2002.
The obtained data were then compared with the number of people who lived in 2011, and it was established that people who exercised at least once a day had half the chance of dying compared to people who moved for 20 minutes a day. and less.
However, it doesn't seem to matter whether a person spends 30 minutes jogging, sticking to short bursts of high-intensity activity like climbing the stairs instead of taking the elevator, or stretching the legs a few times during a break at work.
"The message is that every physical activity counts," says Dr. William Kraus, a professor at Duke University.
"Even the smallest things that people do every day can contribute to reducing the risk of disease, or death," added Kraus.
The results of this study were confirmed by a recent study that showed that daily short walks significantly reduce the risk of heart failure in menopausal women, as well as other, independent studies that found that sporadic light physical activity has the same effect on longevity as sweating in the gym. B92.
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