Skip to main content

Walking, cycling may help you live longer: Study


The study included 316,137 adults aged 18-74 years who had their first occupational health screening between 1995 and 2015 in Sweden.



 Taking the stairs, cycling or walking to work may help you live longer, regardless of age, sex and starting fitness level, a large-scale study unveiled on Friday claims.

“People think they have to start going to the gym and exercising hard to get fitter,” said Elin Ekblom-Bak, from the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences in Stockholm.

“But it doesn’t have to be that complicated. For most people, just being more active in daily life – taking the stairs, exiting the metro a station early, cycling to work – is enough to benefit health, since levels are so low to start with. The more you do, the better,” Ekblom-Bak said in a statement.
The study included 316,137 adults aged 18-74 years who had their first occupational
 health screening between 1995 and 2015 in Sweden.




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

J&K: Woman commits suicide, father held for ‘rape’

In a written complaint to the police, relatives of the woman alleged that the deceased was "raped by her father and consequently she consumed some poisonous substance" on Thursday. A woman in her early 20s allegedly committed suicide in North Kashmir’s Bandipore district, following which her father was arrested. In a written complaint to the police, relatives of the woman alleged that the deceased was “raped by her father and consequently she consumed some poisonous substance” on Thursday. SP Bandipore Rahul Malik told The Indian Express, “The incident was reported to us by the family. They alleged rape and suicide. We have arrested the father of the woman after registering the case.” The police said the woman was taken to hospital for medical treatment, but she died there. “After completion of medico-legal formalities, the body will be handed over to her relatives,” police said. An FIR was lodged and investigations are on.
Post a Comment
Read more

Pakistan hopes for talks post polls; PM Narendra Modi says crushed its n-threat

PM Modi also accused the Congress of “stopping the Army from taking        strong action against terrorists”, as it feared “a 1962-type situation”.     Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Aligarh on Sunday. (Express Photo: Gajendra Yadav)   Addressing a rally in Jammu on Sunday, Prime Minister  Narendra Modi  said Islamabad’s nuclear threats had been blown to bits, adding that he didn’t bow before any such “dhamki”. He also accused the Congress of “stopping the Army from taking strong action against terrorists”, as it feared “a 1962-type situation”. At the rally in Kathua, he accused National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party leaders of issuing threats of “seceding from India” every day. “ Yeh pehle Pakistan bhi nuclear ki dhamki deta tha. Uski nuclear ke parkhachchey nikal gaye ki nahin  (Earlier Pakistan too used to give nuclear threats. Haven’t we blown that to bits)?” he said. “Gone are the days when the government of India used to come under pressure f
Post a Comment
Read more

‘Anger, hatred, fear are destructive emotions that destroy inner peace’: Dalai Lama

His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaks on finding antidotes to emotions like anger, hatred and fear to achieve inner peace. One of the toughest battles one fights is with oneself. The numerous emotions that help us express ourselves, most of the times also destroy us, eat away our inner peace or make us question our own existence. Such is the peculiar case with the human mind that if we think about one particular negative emotion, more negative ones tend to follow, completely dis-balancing our thought process. It also creates numerous health issues including physical and mental, immediately or at a later stage and the repercussions can be detrimental to even those associated with us. In order to not let “destructive emotions” like hate, anger and fear take the better of us, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, says it is important to train the human mind. “Anger, hatred, fear are destructive emotions that destro
Post a Comment
Read more