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it’s taking a long time walk one day better for you cardiovascular health Researchers have revealed that it is better to take many short walks.
walk for at least 15 minutes – or for about 1,500 step -Enough to give yours at once Heart An exercise. This also reduces the risk develop heart disease By two thirds – compared to those who do not walking more than five minutes All at once.
“For the most inactive people, anything from short walks here and there to frequent long walks may have some health benefits,” said co-lead author Dr. Matthew Ahmadi at the University of Sydney.
“There is a perception that health professionals have recommended that walking 10,000 steps per day is the goal, but this is not necessary.
“Simply adding one or two long walks per day, each lasting at least 10-15 minutes at a comfortable but steady pace, can have significant benefits – especially for people who don’t walk much.”
The study, published in the journal Annals of International Medicine, looked at 33,560 adults aged 40 to 79 in Britain who walked less than 8,000 steps a day.
The participants were given a wristband for a week that measured their steps and also how long each person walked.
Researchers from the University of Sydney and Universidad Europea in Spain tracked the participants’ health for more than eight years.
The results showed that among those who walked less than 8,000 steps per day, those who walked for at least 10-15 minutes or more had a 4 percent lower risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attack or stroke.
In comparison, participants who took their steps for less than five minutes had a 13 percent risk of having a cardiovascular event.
But people who were least active and walked 5,000 steps or less per day benefited the most from consistent walking.
The researchers found that in this group of people, walking 15 minutes a day instead of five reduced their risk of developing heart disease from 15 percent to 7 percent.
The risk of death in this group also dropped to less than 5 percent for those who walked for five minutes during the day and to less than 1 percent for those who walked for 15 minutes a day.
Senior author Professor Emmanuel Stamatakis said: “We put all the emphasis on the number of steps or the total amount of walking but ignore the important role of patterns, for example ‘how’ to walk.
“This study shows that even people who are very physically inactive can maximize their cardiovascular health benefits by altering their walking patterns to walk for longer periods at a time.”