Vigorous exercise reduces flu or flu-like illness by around 10 percent, reveals expert.
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Experts at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine examined data from its online flu study, Flusurvey.
They found overall flu levels appear to be down on last year, with the flu season apparently curbed by a lack of illness among children and young people, reports mirror.co.uk.
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Some 5 percent of children were reported to have flu, compared to almost 8 percent the previous year.
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Alma Adler, research fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said: "We need to treat this result cautiously as these are preliminary findings. However they are consistent with findings for other conditions and really show the health benefits of exercise."
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