1596- Daily running can lower death risk

On an average, runners lived three years longer compared to non- runners.
(via Indian Express)
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SUMMARY
A new US study has suggested that running everyday, even for a few minutes, can significantly reduce a person's risk of dying from cardiovascular diseases.
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Since time is one of the strongest barriers to participate in physical activity, the study may motivate more people to start running and continue to run as an attainable health goal for mortality benefits, according to study’s lead author Duck-chul Lee, assistant professor of the Iowa State University, US.

Researchers studied 55,137 adults, aged between 18 and 100, for 15 years to determine whether there was a relationship between running and longevity, Xinhua reported.

They found that those who persistently ran over a period of six years on average had the most significant benefits, with a 29 percent lower risk of death for any reason and 50 percent lower risk of death from heart disease or stroke.

On an average, runners lived three years longer compared to non- runners.

“Promoting running is as important as preventing smoking, obesity or hypertension,” the researchers said in a statement.

” The benefits were the same no matter how long, far, frequently or fast participants reported running. Benefits were also the same regardless of sex, age, body mass index, health conditions, smoking status or alcohol use.”

The findings were published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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