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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.




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