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作者: StephenW 时间: 2011-8-16 21:27 标题: 15 minutes of exercise a day can extend life by three years

(Reuters) - Doing just 15 minutes of moderate exercise a day may add three years to your life, a large study in Taiwan has found.

Most people struggle to stick to the standard guideline of 30 minutes a day of exercise, five days a week, and experts hope that by identifying a lower dose, more people will be motivated to get off the couch.

Lead researcher Chi Pang Wen of Taiwan's National Health Research Institutes said dedicating 15 minutes a day to a moderate form of exercise, like brisk walking, would benefit anyone.

"It's for men, women, the young and old, smokers, healthy and unhealthy people. Doctors, when they see any type of patient, this is a one-size-fits-all type of advice," Wen told Reuters in a telephone interview.

Wen and colleagues, who published their findings in medical journal The Lancet on Tuesday, tracked over 416,000 participants for 13 years, analysing their health records and reported levels of physical activity each year.

After taking into account differences in age, weight, sex and a range of health-related indicators, they found that just 15 minutes of moderate exercise a day increased life expectancy by three years compared to those who remained inactive.

"The first 15 minutes ... the benefits are enormous," Wen said.

Daily exercise was also linked to a lower incidence of cancer, and appeared to reduce cancer-related deaths in one person in ten.

"Sooner or later, you are going to die. But compared to the inactive group, the low exercise group has a reduction of 10 percent in cancer mortality," Wen said.

Wen said the Taiwan findings were consistent with similar studies in the past using Caucasian participants, but his team was the first to come up with the minimum level of exercise necessary.

"None of the other papers were able to conclude ... what specific amount of exercise would be enough. Ours is the first one to say that 15 minutes would be enough," he said.

"We hope this will make it more attractive for inactive people, that they can allocate 15 minutes a day, rather than 30, which is more difficult."

(Reporting by Tan Ee Lyn; Editing by Daniel Magnowski)

作者: positiveattitud 时间: 2011-8-16 22:22

StephenW 发表于 2011-8-16 21:27
(Reuters) - Doing just 15 minutes of moderate exercise a day may add three years to your life, a lar ...

Good to know...

作者: StephenW 时间: 2011-8-16 22:39

positiveattitud 发表于 2011-8-16 22:22
Good to know...

After 1 junior burger, I walk for another 10 minutes

作者: positiveattitud 时间: 2011-8-16 22:42

StephenW 发表于 2011-8-16 22:39
After 1 junior burger, I walk for another 10 minutes

How about a bottle of diet coke to go with the burger?That's kind of balanced too

作者: StephenW 时间: 2011-8-16 22:47

positiveattitud 发表于 2011-8-16 22:42
How about a bottle of diet coke to go with the burger?That's kind of balanced too

Actually, I prefer Zero Coke, then I can have fries too. Yeah.

作者: positiveattitud 时间: 2011-8-16 22:53

StephenW 发表于 2011-8-16 22:47
Actually, I prefer Zero Coke, then I can have fries too. Yeah.

Extra large~

what is the weather like in your city at this time of the year?

作者: StephenW 时间: 2011-8-16 23:11

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We are in Winter, but this year we have lots of rain, cloudy days and strong wind. Still the worst seems to be over, the days are getting warmer and we even have long period of sun shine.

Sunny where you are?

作者: positiveattitud 时间: 2011-8-16 23:27

StephenW 发表于 2011-8-16 23:11
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We are in Winter, but this year we have lots of rain, cloudy days and s ...

Seems the summer is coming to an end by now...

This summer has been weird in this city...
It was hot in the whole May, which it shouldn't be...
Then when it came to July, we barely had any sunny days, and sometimes the temperature reached just over 20 degrees...
We had too many thunder storms this summer, which is weird too...
Not sure whether there are more to come...
Fingers crossed...

作者: StephenW 时间: 2011-8-16 23:40

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Sound just like the weather in Sydney. No, I am just joking. Well, I rather have global warming than a deep freeze.

作者: StephenW 时间: 2011-8-16 23:46

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18 degree and cloudy to-morrow. Good day to sleep-in again. Good night.

作者: positiveattitud 时间: 2011-8-16 23:53

StephenW 发表于 2011-8-16 23:40
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Sound just like the weather in Sydney. No, I am just joking. Well, I ra ...

It seems they are both happening in Beijing.The temperature started to go up in late Apr and then it was quite cool in July...

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