Moderate exercise in middle, older age cuts time spent in hospital
People aged 40-79 are at significantly lower risk of long or frequent
hospital admissions if they do some form of physical activity, a new
study suggests. According to the study, exercising regularly can cut
25-27 per cent of the risk of frequent hospital stays. Inactive
participants in the study spent just over 4 days more in hospital over
the next ten years than those who did at least some physical activity,
whether for work or leisure. And similar results were observed 10 years
later when the same participants were 50-90 years old. The researchers
found that in the first ten years active participants were 25-27 per
cent less likely than inactive participants to have more than 20
hospital days or more than 7 admissions per year with similar results
over the subsequent ten years.
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