Isabel Aguilar

Isabel Aguilar

Isabel Aguilar
Position

Full Professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the University of Zaragoza

Topics

Small and feasible changes in physical activity are associated with lower mortality risk

Moderate-intensity physical activity, such as walking at an average speed of 5 km/h for an additional five minutes per day, is associated with a 10% reduction in all-cause mortality among most adults, according to a study published in The Lancet. The research also found that reducing sedentary time by 30 minutes per day was associated with an estimated 7% reduction in all-cause mortality if adopted by most adults. The study analyzed data from more than 135,000 adults from Norway, Sweden, the United States, and the United Kingdom, with an average follow-up of eight years.

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