Women are estimated to gain up to 5.6 hours of life per hour of moderate activity and 11.3 hours of life for every hour of vigorous activity!
Just last night I saw another article that was published just 2 weeks ago by Veerman et al (2024). The authors investigated how physical activity (PA) levels were associated with mortality rates. Whether low PA reduces life expectancy and how much life expectancy could be improved by increasing PA levels.
Ready for the results? For individuals in the lowest activity quartile, the greatest gain in lifetime per hour of walking would gain them an extra 6.3 hours with each additional hour of walking.
If all individuals were just as active as the top 25 percent of the population, those above 40 would live an extra 5.3 years.
Picture from Veerman et al (2024) |
So you know what you need to do if you want to live longer.
References
Janssen I, Carson V, Lee IM et al 92013). Years Of Life Gained Due To Leisure-time Physical Activity In The US. Am J Prev Med. 4491): 23-29. DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.09.056
Veerman L, Tarp J, Wijaya R et al (2024). Physical Activity And Life Expectancy: A Life-table Anaylysis. BJSM. DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2024-108125.
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