Reduced risk of blood clots, urinary tract infection and stroke
Research has shown that even 20 minutes of daily exercise can significantly reduce hospitalization for middle-aged people over the age of 40.
A research team at the National Cancer Institute in the United States conducted a study on 82,000 British people aged 42 to 72 who were registered with the UK Biobank. The research team attached a wrist monitor to the subjects and analyzed the relationship between their level of physical activity and the probability of future hospitalization.
As a result of the study, about 48,000 people were eventually hospitalized for various reasons over about 7 years, and those who exercised for about 20 minutes every day were found to have a 4-23% lower risk of being hospitalized. In particular, those who were more physically active had a lower risk of nine diseases: gallbladder disease, urinary tract infections, blood clots, stroke, diabetes complications, pneumonia, iron deficiency anemia, colon polyps and diverticular disease.
“Exercise has many benefits that can help prevent hospital admissions,” said lead researcher Eleanor Watts, Ph.D. It can be reduced,” he said.
“Adults can benefit from 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise and 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity exercise each week,” said Peter Katzmagic, professor of physical activity and obesity epidemiology at Louisiana State University’s Pennington Biomedical Research Institute. “Moderate aerobic exercise includes brisk walking, biking on level ground or gardening, while vigorous exercise includes running, hill biking, and swimming,” he explains.
The results of this study (Association of Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity Level With Risks of Hospitalization for 25 Common Health Conditions in UK Adults) were published in ‘JAMA Network Open’.
