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Holy crap:
Once again, being sedentary looks like one of the Worst Things Ever™ for our bodies:
Study reveals impact 10 minutes of exercise can have on adults over 40 | CNN
We know that regular exercise has many health benefits, but new research is showing just what impact that may have on the population. More than 110,000 deaths a year could be prevented if adults over 40 spent 10 more minutes a day on moderate physical activity, according to a new study.
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Once again, being sedentary looks like one of the Worst Things Ever™ for our bodies:
More than 110,000 US deaths could be prevented each year if adults over 40 added 10 minutes of daily moderate to vigorous physical activity to their normal routines, according to the study published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
An increase of 20 or 30 minutes could lead to even more lives saved, the study noted.
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The method used to conduct the study was rigorous, said Peter Katzmarzyk, professor of pediatric obesity and associate executive director for population and public health sciences at Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center.