Take a quick 22-minute stroll to counteract the health concerns associated with excessive desk time or all-day Netflix consumption. According to recent studies, individuals who engage in physical activity for at least 22 minutes a day had a lower chance of dying young. The British Journal of Sports Medicine released the results.
When they're not sleeping, most people in Western countries spend nine to ten hours being sedentary, most of which happens during a person's workweek, according to the study. Physical activity is known to have numerous health benefits, yet being sedentary is associated with an earlier death.
This latest study sought to examine just how much sedentary time it takes to trigger the risk of early death, and just how much physical activity it takes to reduce that risk. The researchers examined physical activity level that is, at a minimum, equal to a brisk walk or gardening.
The Norwegian researchers merged data from four earlier studies including 12,000 participants aged 50 or above who used hip-mounted fitness trackers to monitor their amount of active and inactive time for the analysis. When people are typically asleep, from midnight to six in the morning, data was removed.
The analysis showed that having more than 12 daily sedentary hours was linked to a 38% higher risk of early death only among people who had less than 22 minutes per day of moderate to vigorous physical activity.
