How many hours of walking per day are needed to extend life expectancy by one year?

 

[Sports Chosun Reporter Jang Jong-ho] The amount of walking exercise time required to extend human life expectancy by one year has been presented.

Regular exercise has long been known to reduce the risk of major diseases, including heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and cancer.

 

Accordingly, it has been recommended to combine muscle building and aerobic exercise to exercise for about 150 minutes a week.

 

However, according to new research, walking just 10 minutes once a day can add up to a year to the life expectancy of those over 60.

According to the UK media Daily Mail, a research team at the University of Leicester conducted a study on 40,000 women and 30,000 men, most of whom were in their 60s.

As a result, the extension of lifespan due to regular walking was approximately 16 months for men and 11 months for women.

By increasing the distance and intensity of walking, it was possible to achieve greater life extension effects.

Walking for 30 minutes a day was associated with a lifespan of 16 months for women and nearly two and a half years for men.

 

Tom Yates, a physiologist at Leicester University who led the research, said in an interview with the media, "We cannot precisely determine why there are gender differences in this study. More research is needed in this field."

He emphasized, "What is important in this study is that we are receiving much more accurate information about the benefits of exercise."

 

Dr. Francesco Zaccardi, a co-researcher, explained, "This study adds evidence that habitual daily physical activity is a strong factor in determining health and longevity."

It was also reported that "it has been shown that it is important for currently inactive adults to gradually add physical activity."

 

Meanwhile, recent research findings suggest that walking 10,000 steps a day and walking 7,000 steps a day have little difference in exercise effectiveness.

 

 

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Many people are walking a lot of 10,000 steps.

In terms of the effects of walking 10,000 steps versus 7,000 steps

There isn't much of a difference, is there?

 

Still, if you use the Lifestyle Walk Plus

I feel like I always walk a full day's worth of steps.

 

For those over 60, just 10 minutes a day.

One-year increase in life expectancy

 

Consistent exercise is the answer~~~