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Live longer -Adults need at min. 150 to 300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity

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Re: Live longer -Adults need at min. 150 to 300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity

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Post by wqaatwt »

naveen99 wrote: post #10
scotty79 wrote: post #8

Did they control for weight? Because overweight and obese people are likely to have both shorter lifespan and more sedentary lifestyle.

Overweight people (bmi 25-30) live longer. I bet they will eventually change bmi classifications to make that range normal. Underweight and obese people live less. But even there obese are probably better off than underweight. Being overweight is in itself exercise for the heart and your calves and every other muscle probably.

> Overweight people (bmi 25-30) live longer.

Seems statistically dubious..

Is this claim based on a longitudinal study? Or at least does this exclude everyone who lost weight due to health reasons etc.?

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Post by fakedang »

naveen99 wrote: post #10
scotty79 wrote: post #8

Did they control for weight? Because overweight and obese people are likely to have both shorter lifespan and more sedentary lifestyle.

Overweight people (bmi 25-30) live longer. I bet they will eventually change bmi classifications to make that range normal. Underweight and obese people live less. But even there obese are probably better off than underweight. Being overweight is in itself exercise for the heart and your calves and every other muscle probably.

Is the study controller for income levels and status? Slightly overweight people might be benefiting from better healthcare and QoL. Afaik, there was only one Danish study which reached that conclusion.

Also muscular and fit people tend to fall within the overweight range of the BMI chart.

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Post by galleywest200 »

nicbou wrote: post #6
chikere232 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That includes walking to the coffee-machine, to the elevator, to the car, etc. If you walk a moderate 100 steps/minute, 49 minutes of walking is just 4900 steps which is easy to hit without even really intentionally walking anywhere, unless you work from home without going outside

It depends on where you live. In a European or Asian city it’s just a normal commute. In North America it can be more difficult outside of cities.

Not really. I pace around my house all the time when I work from home. I go up and down the stairs a dozen or so times a day. I walk the dog twice a day most days.

Put some headphones on and walk. If you live outside of the city you have even more nature to walk in.

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Post by baueric »

chikere232 wrote: post #4

> Find more moments to move throughout your day. While your food’s heating up, do some squats or take a lap around your work building instead of scrolling through social media. When you’re running errands, park as far away from stores as possible. Getting coffee with a friend? Catch up during a walk in the park instead of sitting in the coffee shop. The last one about taking a walk with a friend sounds nice, but the…

Wrong mindset in my opinion. Uncomfortable workouts are for delayed satisfaction of a more healthy outcome. I actually think you have it backwards. I think it's more likely you exercise less and never reach consistency if you expect all exercise to be enjoyable.

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Post by blitzar »

tayo42 wrote: post #2

49 minutes of walking a day is higher then I woukd have guessed for the lowest quartile. Office/desk work is brutal for getting movement in.

Office/desk work is better than WFH for getting movement in. A basic stuck at desk all day sort of day would be no less than 4k steps for me - WFH ~0 steps.

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Post by mooreds »

duskwuff wrote: post #5

> Adults need at min. 150 to 300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity ... per week . (Or 75 to 150 minutes of vigorous exercise.)

Actually, that's how the article ends, and is the general guidance from the WHO (as linked from the article: https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/25/health/world-health-organizat... )

But the article itself talks about how if you move as much as the top quartile, the study predicts gains of years on your life (5-11).

"Total activity levels in the lowest quartile were equivalent to walking for 49 minutes at roughly 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) per hour daily. Total activity levels in the second-, third- and fourth-highest quartiles were equivalent to 78, 105 and 160 minutes, respectively."

That's 160 minutes of physical activity daily, which includes things like walking to a store or up stairs, not just vigorous exercise as the WHO guidelines recommend.

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Post by scotty79 »

naveen99 wrote: post #10
scotty79 wrote: post #8

Did they control for weight? Because overweight and obese people are likely to have both shorter lifespan and more sedentary lifestyle.

Overweight people (bmi 25-30) live longer. I bet they will eventually change bmi classifications to make that range normal. Underweight and obese people live less. But even there obese are probably better off than underweight. Being overweight is in itself exercise for the heart and your calves and every other muscle probably.

What are sources of this claim?

It might be a myth:

https://theconversation.com/mondays-medical-myth-overweight-...

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Post by zardo »

aithrowawaycomm wrote: post #7
tayo42 wrote: post #2

49 minutes of walking a day is higher then I woukd have guessed for the lowest quartile. Office/desk work is brutal for getting movement in.

I think the article got confused between per-week and per-day; otherwise the numbers are internally inconsistent, and difficult to believe. I don't think the top quartile of the US exercises 3 hours a day! And there's no way the bottom quartile exercises 49 minutes a day: 49 minutes a week for chores, errands, and walking to/from your car sounds more correct. Also note that they were wearing hip pedometers, which mig…

> I don't think the top quartile of the US exercises 3 hours a day!

Moderate exercise, plenty of people are on their feet all day for work.

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Post by lm28469 »

duskwuff wrote: post #5

> Adults need at min. 150 to 300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity ... per week . (Or 75 to 150 minutes of vigorous exercise.)

Everytime I read these stats I can't stop but feel like we as a specie completely fucked up, modern life is actively working against us

Most people don't get 75 min of vigorous exercise per week? 10min per day? The average American spend 2x more time watching TV per day than exercising in a week?

The closest thing to an health magic pill we have is exercise and it's virtually free

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