Move a Little, Live Longer
As if you needed another piece of motivation to strap on those sneakers.
A new study found that people who got just 75 minutes of moderate exercise (brisk walking or the equivalent per week – as in, about 10 minutes of physical activity per day – lived an average of 1.8 years longer than their less-active counterparts.
Here’s what else a 10-20 minute daily sweat session gets you:
5%
Increase In “good” HDL cholesterol, according to the American Heart Association
10%
LowerChance of dying of any kind of cancer, reports a recent study in Taiwan.
14%
Decrease In coronary heart disease risk, based on recent findings published in the journal, “Circulation”.
18 %
Reduction Likelihood of getting breast cancer, according to the American Cancer Society.
50 %
Lower Risk Of depression from job burnout, says a 2012 study in the “Journal of Applied Psychology”.
60%
Reduced Risk Of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and other age-related cognitive problems, per a 2012 study in the journal, “Stroke”.
