on PinterestA daily 10-minute walk may lower the risk of early death by 15%, according to a study. Image Credit: The Good Brigade/Getty ImagesA recent study found that walking for 10 minutes a day may lower the risk of early death by 15%.
on PinterestA daily 10-minute walk may lower the risk of early death by 15%, according to a study. Image Credit: The Good Brigade/Getty Images
- A recent study found that walking for 10 minutes a day may lower the risk of early death by 15%.
- The study noted that a combination of sleep, nutrition, and physical activity aids in longevity.
- The study also suggested that reducing the time you spend sedentary by 30 minutes each day can help prevent about 4.5% of deaths.
Physical activity, sleep, and nutrition are key determinants of life span and health span. Life span is your life expectancy, while healthspan is the portion of your life span that is free of disease.
“There is much evidence showing that staying active both physically and mentally is important for healthy later life,” stated Sarah Gray, GP specialist in Women’s Health at St. Erme Medical in Truro, United Kingdom.
A new study published in eClinical Medicine, part of the Lancet Discovery Science, suggests that implementing these components together may extend life span by a year. However, the findings also showed that making larger changes could potentially extend life span by nine years.
According to the study authors, combining these changes can also extend your health span. This means it can increase the number of years you may live without any major health complaints.
“These findings highlight the importance of considering lifestyle behaviors as a package rather than in isolation,” lead study author Nick Koemel, PhD, a research fellow in physical activity, lifestyle, and population health at the Australia, said in a press release.
“By targeting small improvements across multiple behaviors simultaneously, the required change for any single behavior is substantially reduced, which may help overcome common barriers to long-term behavior change.”
Daily walks linked to longevity
The research team studied 59,078 individuals from the UK Biobank, who were recruited between 2006 and 2010. The average age of the participants was 64 years, with 45.4% male.
Between 2013 and 2015, a subsample of participants was invited to wear an accelerometer for a week.
This measured their moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and sleep. Diet was assessed using a 10-item diet quality score, including their intake of:
- fruit and vegetables
- meat and fish
- grains
- dairy
- oils
- sugar-sweetened beverages
Life span and health span were then estimated across 27 different combinations of sleep, physical activity, diet, and a composite score using life tables.
The study estimated that walking for as little as five minutes a day can lower the risk of early death (before 75) by 10% for most of the general population. However, walking for 10 minutes a day could potentially cut the risk by 15%.
For people who are the least active, a five-minute walk could reduce the risk of early death by 6%. The researchers suggested that reducing the amount of time people are sedentary (inactive and sitting) by 30 minutes each day could help prevent 4.5% of deaths.
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