{"id":3468,"date":"2015-01-16T18:35:42","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T18:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=3468"},"modified":"2015-01-16T18:35:42","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T18:35:42","slug":"20-minute-daily-walk-cuts-early-death-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/20-minute-daily-walk-cuts-early-death-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"20-minute daily walk cuts early death risk"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Walking\"<\/a>A brisk 20-minute walk each day is enough to reduce an individual\u2019s risk of early death, say British researchers.
\nAfter analysing over 334,000 European men and women, they also found that twice as many deaths may be attributable to lack of physical activity compared with the number of deaths attributable to obesity.
\n\u201cWe found that just 20 minutes would make a difference. Physical activity has many proven health benefits and should be an important part of our daily life,\u201d said professor Ulf Ekelund from the Medical Research Council (MRC) epidemiology unit at University of Cambridge.
\nFor this, researchers analysed data across Europe participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) Study.
\nOver an average of 12 years, the researchers measured height, weight and waist circumference and used self-assessment to measure levels of physical activity.
\nThe researchers found that the greatest reduction in risk of premature death occurred in the comparison between inactive and moderately inactive groups, judged by combining activity at work with recreational activity.
\n\u201cDoing exercise equivalent to just a 20 minute brisk walk each day would take an individual from the inactive to moderately inactive group and reduce their risk of premature death by between 16-30 percent,\u201d the authors noted.
\nThe impact was greatest among normal weight individuals but even those with higher BMI saw a benefit.
\nUsing the most recent available data on deaths in Europe, the team estimated that 337,000 of the 9.2 million deaths amongst European men and women were attributable to obesity.
\nHowever, double this number of deaths (676,000) could be attributed to physical inactivity.
\n\u201cEncouraging people to make small but achievable changes in physical activity can have significant health benefits and may be easier to achieve and maintain,\u201d added professor Nick Wareham, director of the MRC Unit.
\nThe results were published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.<\/p>\n

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