Walking for 20 minutes every day is very effective According to the Daily Mail of Britain, the British Walking Charity and Macmillan cancer According to the report released by the aid center, only 20 minutes of walking every day can help 37000 people stay away from cancer every year heart disease and apoplexy The premature death caused by.
The report, entitled "Walking is beneficial", points out that if everyone walks 150 minutes a week, that is, 21 minutes a day, according to authoritative recommendations, 37000 premature deaths can be prevented every year and nearly 30000 can be reduced diabetes And help 12000 people reduce the risk of going to the hospital for emergency treatment. At the same time, the study found that the lack of necessary exercise will reduce people's life span by 3 to 5 years, and increase the risk of cancer, heart disease and stroke by 25 to 50%.
It is worth noting that 17% of premature deaths in the UK are caused by lack of exercise, which will also cause economic losses of up to 10 billion pounds every year. More worrisome is that one third of the respondents walk less than 30 minutes a week, including the time they go to shops, work and school. Only one in 20 people insist on doing enough physical exercise for health.
Dr. William Bird, founder of Walking for Health, said that lack of exercise is more likely to lead to disease and premature death than obesity. At the same time, he stressed that walking is conducive to activating "natural killer cells" (which can eliminate a variety of pathogens and tumor cells), inhibiting body inflammation and preventing the loss of "energy batteries" in cells, so it is very beneficial to health.
It was previously reported that a study led by Danish scientists on the physical movement and life span of 60000 middle-aged people also showed that the risk of premature death of those who regularly do some manual work around the house is nearly 1/4 lower than those who sit all day long.
