1598- EXERCISE

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Live longer in 15 minutes
(Quickscan, Health, The WeekSaturday, October 29, 2011)
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Just 92 minutes a week of exercise can increase life expectancy and reduce all-cause mortality and cancer risk
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Just 15 minutes a day
or 92 minutes a week of exercise
can reduce the risk of dying from cancer by 10 per cent, all-cause mortality by 14 per cent and increase life expectancy by three years, according to a study of 4,16,175 Taiwanese people who were followed for eight years in The Lancet.

Every additional 15 minutes of daily exercise beyond the minimum 15 minutes further reduced the risk of all-cause death by 4 per cent and the risk of cancer death by 1 per cent.

The benefits were seen in all age groups and in both genders.

TV watching:
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Another study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine has found that watching TV for an average of six hours a day can shorten lifespan by five years. Every hour of TV watched after age 25 reduced life expectancy by nearly 22 minutes. The negative effects were equivalent to smoking two cigarettes.