Picking up the pace to a brisk clip could be enough to help ward off disease as we age. (iStockphoto.com)
Women And Walking
A new study published Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine finds that women who get moderate amounts of exercise in middle-age tend to be much healthier at 70 and beyond. Active women cross-over into the senior decades with far fewer chronic diseases and greater mental acuity.
So, you may wonder, how much exercise? Well, there’s good news for the 85 percent of Americans who don’t have a regular, vigorous work-out routine. Turns out, walking is enough. And the brisker, the better.
Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health evaluated the health of more than 13,000 women who had reached the age of 70.
They found that women who regularly walked at a moderate pace had much higher odds of staving off disease and aging successfully than their counterparts who didn’t exert themselves beyond leisurely, easy walking.
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