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Short bursts of intense exercise lower premature death risk

Running for as little as five minutes a day could significantly lower a person’s risk of dying prematurely. [s]The New York Times[/s] reports that this is the finding of a study of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality risks in 55,137 adults, ranging between 18 to 100 years of age. The study suggests that the benefits of even small amounts of vigorousexercise may be much greater than experts had assumed. The researchers did find that in general, runners had less risk of dying than people who engaged in more moderate activities such as walking. But ‘there’s not necessarily something magical about running, per se,’ Prof Timothy Church, of the [b]Pennington Institute[/b]. Instead, it’s likely that exercise intensity is the key to improving longevity, he said, adding, ‘Running just happens to be the most convenient way for most people to exercise intensely.’

[link url=http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/30/running-just-5-minutes-a-day-has-long-lasting-benefits/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0]Full report in The New York Times[/link]
[link url=http://content.onlinejacc.org/article.aspx?articleID=1891600]Journal of the American College of Cardiology abstract[/link]

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