{"id":9193,"date":"2024-05-02T22:42:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T14:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=9193"},"modified":"2024-11-28T17:29:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T09:29:04","slug":"cardio-fitness-cuts-death-and-disease-by-nearly-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/cardio-fitness-cuts-death-and-disease-by-nearly-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardio-fitness cuts death and disease by nearly 20%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Running, cycling, or swimming \u2013 if you regularly exercise, you\u2019re on track for a long and healthy life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is according to a study &#8211; &#8220;Cardiorespiratory fitness is a strong and consistent predictor of morbidity and mortality among adults: an overview of meta-analyses representing over 20.9 million observations from 199 unique cohort studies&#8221; &#8211; that was published in the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1136\/bjsports-2023-107849\">British Journal of Sports Medicine<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The study comprised of 26 systematic reviews with meta-analysis representing more than 20.9 million observations from 199 unique cohort studies. It is the first study to collate all the scientific evidence that looked at the prospective link between cardiorespiratory fitness and health outcomes among adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The study found that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>for every&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/2204507\/\">1-MET<\/a>&nbsp;increase in cardiorespiratory fitness \u2013 the amount of energy used for quiet sitting \u2013 a person can reduce their risk of death by 11-17%, and specifically, their risk of heart disease by 18%.<\/li><li>an increased cardio fitness level will reduce your risk of death from any cause by 11-17%.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senior author Grant Tomkinson said that cardiorespiratory fitness is probably the most important type of fitness for good health. \u201cCardiorespiratory fitness (or CRF) is your ability to perform physical activity for a long period of time like running, cycling, and swimming. And in this study, we found prolonged cardiorespiratory fitness is strongly and consistently associated with all types of premature death and incident disease \u2013 spanning heart failure, depression, diabetes, dementia and even cancer.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tomkinson added that the researchers &#8220;summarized the evidence linking CRF to numerous health outcomes and found that those with low levels of CRF are far more likely to die early or develop chronic conditions like heart disease later in life.&#8221; Specifically, &#8220;we found that every 1-MET increase in CRF, which is&nbsp;the amount of energy used when sitting quietly, reduced the risk of early death from any cause and heart failure by 11\u201317% and 18%, respectively. For most people, a 1-MET increase in CRF can be achieved through a regular aerobic exercise program.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Tomkinson, the message is quite simple: if you do a lot of \u201chuff and puff\u201d exercise, then your risk of dying early or developing diseases in the future is reduced. If you avoid exercise your health may suffer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aihw.gov.au\/reports\/australias-health\/chronic-conditions-and-multimorbidity#impact_mm\">Chronic health conditions<\/a>&nbsp;are an ongoing cause of poor health, disability, and premature death. In Australia, an estimated 11.6 million people (47%) have a chronic and debilitating health conditions, which contributes to two thirds of the burden of disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cClearly, cardiorespiratory fitness is as an important factor for good health. If you are already exercising, this is good news; but if you know you need to up your fitness and movement, then this is a timely reminder,\u201d co-author Dr Justin Lang said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People can make meaningful improvements through additional moderate physical activity, such as brisk walking at least 150 minutes a week, or kayaking (which means grabbing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.compactco.com.au\/blogs\/news\/best-folding-kayaks-in-2024-our-top-picks\">Best Folding Kayak<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;And as they improve their fitness, their risk of death and disease will decline. But the onus for improvement should not just sit with the individual, it should also be routinely assessed in clinical and public health practice, so that we can support people to improve their health outcomes,&#8221; Lang said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through regular assessment, clinicians and exercise professionals could better identify adults at greater risk of early death and initiate exercise programs aimed at increasing CRF through regular physical activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running, cycling, or swimming \u2013 if you regularly exercise, you\u2019re on track for a long and healthy life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":9194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3,35],"tags":[1968,802,2048,19,2218,20],"class_list":["post-9193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsmakers","category-spotlight","category-wellness-2","tag-cardiovascular-problems","tag-exercise","tag-good-life","tag-health","tag-high-life","tag-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9193"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9806,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9193\/revisions\/9806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}