| People age 50 or older can live up to
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| | as cancer. Heart disease risk factors
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| three years longer, free of heart disease
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| | such as diet, alcohol were not
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| and controlling their diabetes by taking
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| | evaluated.A second study assigned 492
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| a brisk walk for 30 minutes a day,
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| | sedentary adults to walk 30 minutes at
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| research suggests.In a paper, researchers
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| | different levels of frequency and
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| in the Netherlands studied more than
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| | intensity at an exercise lab. Researchers
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| 4,100 men and women participating in a
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| | measured the intensity of the workout as
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| Framingham Heart Study based on their
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| | a percentage of maximal heart rate
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| level of physical activity.The volunteers
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| | reserve.Walking for 30 minutes at a high
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| were aged 28 to 62 and were studied twice
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| | intensity for three or four days per week
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| a year for as long as 46 years.
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| | produced significant improvements in
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| Participants kept track of how much time
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| | fitness, Michael Perri of the University
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| they spent on various activities each
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| | of Florida and his colleagues
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| day.Dr. Oscar Franco of the Erasmus
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| | reported.Slower-paced walks for 30
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| Medical Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands,
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| | minutes five to seven days per week
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| divided the participants into 3 levels of
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| | showed similar benefits, investigators
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| activity based on estimates of how much
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| | found."Doctors should tell patients the
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| oxygen they consumed. Incidents of death
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| | goal is to increase activity levels to 30
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| and cases of cardiovascular disease were
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| | minutes of moderate-intensity walking
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| tracked."Life expectancy for sedentary
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| | five days per week or more." - Steven
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| people at age 50 were found to be 1.5
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| | Blair and Michael LaMonte said in a
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| years shorter than for people engaging in
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| | journal commentary.Blair and LaMonte said
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| moderate daily physical activity and more
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| | their data suggest being physically
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| than 3.5 years shorter than for people
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| | active and fit may be more important for
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| with high physical activity levels," the
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| | those already showing clinical risk
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| team wrote in the Nov. 14 issue of the
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| | factors, meaning doctors should tell
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| "Archives of Internal Medicine". "These
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| | patients that regular activity helps even
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| differences were similar for both
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| | if it doesn't improve cholesterol levels,
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| sexes."They observed the preventive power
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| | blood pressure, weight or glucose
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| of exercise after taking into account
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| | tolerance.Contributed by Beauty of Health
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| age, sex, smoking and other diseases such
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| | staff.
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