Almost Any Amount of Exercise May Help Older Men Win Longevity Race

Older men may face premature death if they spend most of the day sitting around, but it doesn't require a huge amount of exercise to increase their chances of living longer, a study in the UK suggests. Researchers asked 1,655 men, all between 71 and 92 years old, to wear accelerometers for one week. The goal was to assess their activity levels. Among a subset of 1,274 men without cardiovascular disease or heart failure who wore the accelerometers as directed, participants logged a...

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