Older adults need only walk briskly for 15 minutes a day to cut their risk of dying early, a study has shown. Just 15 minutes of exercise a day was found to lower the risk of death by 22 per cent over the 12-year study period. Adults who met recommended guidelines lowered their chance of dying early by 35 per cent. “Age is not an excuse to do no exercise,” said David Hupin, a doctor in the department of clinical and exercise physiology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, France. “It is well established that regular physical activity has a better overall effect on health than any medical treatment.”The study looked at more than 123,000 people for up to 12 years.

Source: National Post June 15, 2016 17:48 UTC