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\nWalking regularly can significantly lower death risk, even if one does not meet the minimum recommended levels of physical activity, a study led by an Indian-origin scientist has found.<\/p>\n
Walking is the most common type of physical activity, and has been associated with lower risk of heart disease, diabetes, and breast and colon cancers.<\/p>\n
While several studies have linked overall moderate- vigorous physical activity to a reduced risk of death, relatively few have examined associations with walking specifically.<\/p>\n
Public health guidelines recommend adults engage in at least 150 minutes of moderate or 75 minutes of vigorous- intensity physical activity per week.<\/p>\n
However, surveys show only half of US adults meet this recommendation. Older adults are even less likely to meet minimum recommendations.<\/p>\n
Researchers led by Alpa Patel from the American Cancer Society looked at data from nearly 140,000 participants.<\/p>\n
A small percentage (6-7 per cent) in the study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, reported no moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity at baseline.<\/p>\n
Among the rest, about 95 per cent reported some walking, and nearly half walked as their only form of moderate-vigorous physical activity.<\/p>\n
After correcting for other risk factors, including smoking, obesity, and chronic conditions, the study found walking-only for less than two hours per week was associated with lower all-cause mortality compared to no activity.<\/p>\n
Meeting one to two times the minimum recommendation (2.5 -5 hours\/week) through walking-only was associated with 20 per cent lower mortality risk.<\/p>\n
Results for those exceeding recommendations through walking-only were similar to those who met recommendations.<\/p>\n
Walking-only was most strongly associated with respiratory disease mortality, with approximately 35 per cent lower risk comparing more than 6 hours\/week of walking to the least active group.<\/p>\n
Walking-only was also associated with about 20 per cent less risk of cardiovascular disease mortality and with about nine per cent less risk of cancer mortality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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