August 26, 2016.
a study published on August 9 in British Medical Journal once again confirms what we have now known for many years: sport is good for health and reduces the risk of developing certain diseases, such as colon cancer, breast cancer, type diabetes 2 or type 1, and cardiovascular disease.
1 hour and a half of sport per day to reduce the risk of disease
By taking again 174 studies carried out since 1980, and by compiling together all the results, which had never been carried out until now, the researchers who carried out this work affirm that the risks of contracting these diseases are reduced by 20% in those who have a high level of physical activity. Where the WHO recommendations are to have at least half an hour of physical activity per day, such as walking, this study shows that the 20% risk reduction is achieved when the activity of the people followed in the studies reaches or exceeds 1 hour 30 minutes per day!
Climbing the stairs, gardening: it’s also “sport”
However, in these 1h30, are integrated household tasks, such as vacuuming, or gardening. But we must also add 10 minutes spent climbing the stairs, which is not given to everyone, except to go back and forth several times a day, or 20 minutes of running.
Nevertheless, she confirms that the physical activity recommended by the WHO for years is only a minimum, and that doing more sport is even better for your health.
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