Regular jogging increases life expectancy

Between 60 and 90 minutes of jogging per week at a slow or average pace delivers optimum benefits for longevity researchers in Germany found

Peter Schnohr chief cardiologist of the Copenhagen City Heart Study at Bispebjerg University Hospital Copenhagen said in the jogging substudy the mortality of 1116 male joggers and 762 female joggers was compared to that of nonjoggers in the main study population

All participants were asked to answer questions about the amount of time they spent jogging each week and to rate their own perceptions of pace slow average and fast

The first data were collected between 1976 and 1978 the second from 1981 to 1983 the third from 1991 to 1994 and the fourth from 2001 to 2003

quotWe can say with certainty that regular jogging increases longevity The good news is that you dont actually need to do that much to reap the benefitsquot Schnohr said in a statement

The study showed 22 deaths among the joggers The risk of death was reduced by 44 percent for male joggers and 44 percent for female joggers

The findings presented at the EuroPRevent2012 meeting in Dublin Ireland found undertaking regular jogging increases life expectancy of men by 62 years and of women by 56 years

Date : 08 May, 2012
Reference : http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2012/05/07/Regular-jogging-increases-life-expectancy/UPI-284413364458

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