HEALTH & WELLNESS
Healthy lifestyle tip:
Want a longer, better life?
Exercise pays – all through your life
HEALTHY LIVING TIPS FROM
The secret to a longer life may not be
much of a secret at all: Numerous studies
are now showing that those who continue
to be moderately physically active later in
life lowered their risk of death. According to
many of these studies, increasing physical
activity benefited life span as much as quit-
ting smoking.
One study involving almost 900 senior men and women in-
dicated that a higher level of total daily physical activity was
strongly associated with a decreased risk of death. In fact, an
individual with high total daily physical activity had approxi-
mately one-fourth the risk of death of an individual with low
total daily physical activity.
The message, plain and clear: Just 30 minutes of moderate
activity six days per week was associated with a 40-percent low-
er risk of death.
More dangerous than obesity?
Another study of 334,000 women and men tracked waist cir-
cumference and self-reported levels of physical activity over the
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course of 12 years. These researchers found
that eliminating physical inactivity would
reduce the number of deaths twice as much
as eradicating obesity.
These results lend further support to the
role of exercise in preventing mental de-
cline, maintaining function and enhancing
cardiac fitness, among other benefits. The good news? Even a
little exercise – as easy as 30 minutes of walking per day – re-
duced the risk of early death by up to 30 percent.
Ready to start improving your quality of life and living longer?
Just get moving! Watch TV peddling a stationary bike, walk as
you talk on the phone, take the stairs at work – every little bit of
exercise counts and will pay big dividends toward greater enjoy-
ment of your life.
For an appointment with a Deborah specialist or more informa-
tion about how Deborah Heart and Lung Center’s leading-edge
technologies can improve your quality of life, call 800-555-1990,
option 4 or request info/an appointment by visiting www.de-
manddeborah.org.