Minimal Daily Exercise: The Key to Longer Life and Lower Disease Risk

Researchers from the University of Cambridge found that short bouts of moderate exercise, such as mowing the lawn for 11 minutes a day, can reduce the risk of early death, heart disease, and cancer. They estimated that one in ten early deaths could be prevented if inactive individuals engaged in at least 75 minutes of moderate exercise per week. The study also revealed that more than 2.5 hours of exercise per week provided only small additional gains, and there was little extra benefit from more than five hours a week.