Walking faster can reduce the risk of mortality caused due to cardiovascular disease and increases the lifespan of the individual and helps them to live a healthy life.
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Walking early morning would improve your health as it helps heart and brain to function properly. Find more about its benefits for your body.
Walking early morning would improve your health as it helps heart and brain to function properly. Find more about its benefits for your body.
‘Walking faster can reduce the risk of death, improve heart health and increase longevity.’
Walking at an average pace also reduced the risk for all cause mortality by 20 percent whereas walking at a fast pace reduced the risk by four more percent, compared to walking at a slow pace. "While sex and body mass index did not appear to influence outcomes, walking at an average or fast pace was associated with a significantly reduced risk of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease. There was no evidence to suggest pace had a significant influence on cancer mortality however," said lead author, Emmanuel Stamatakis, Professor from Charles Perkins Centre and School of Public Health at University of Sydney.
"A fast pace is generally five to seven kilometres per hour, but it really depends on a walker's fitness levels; an alternative indicator is to walk at a pace that makes you slightly out of breath or sweaty when sustained," he added.
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Busy from Monday to Friday? Don’t find time or space to walk? Here are some interesting places to walk even in crowded cities, making it more fun and healthy.
Busy from Monday to Friday? Don’t find time or space to walk? Here are some interesting places to walk even in crowded cities, making it more fun and healthy.
The researchers also found that average pace walkers aged 60 years or over experienced a 46 percent reduction in risk of death from cardiovascular causes, and fast pace walkers a 53 percent reduction.
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Chewing Gum While Walking Burns More Calories
Chewing gum while walking increases heart rate and helps burn more calories than just walking, in middle-aged and elderly men.
Chewing gum while walking increases heart rate and helps burn more calories than just walking, in middle-aged and elderly men.
