All articles tagged with #aerobic activity
A comprehensive study published in The BMJ finds that aerobic exercises like walking, cycling, and swimming are the most effective for relieving pain, improving movement, and enhancing quality of life in people with knee osteoarthritis, and should be the foundation of treatment, with other exercises providing additional benefits.
Consuming healthy, wholesome foods can significantly improve cardiovascular fitness, equivalent to taking 4,000 more steps a day, according to a study of 2,380 adults published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. While aerobic activity is known to increase cardio fitness, researchers have long suspected that other factors, including diet, also contribute to superior fitness. The study found that this change can occur in as little as four days, highlighting the importance of a healthy diet for those who exercise regularly.
Regular aerobic exercise, even less than the recommended 150 minutes per week, may significantly reduce the risk of death from flu or pneumonia, according to a new study. However, the benefits seem to plateau or even become harmful beyond a certain level of activity, particularly in muscle strengthening exercises. The study evaluated the responses of over 577,000 adults who participated in the US National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) from 1998 to 2018. Those meeting both the aerobic activity and muscle strengthening targets had almost half the risk of dying from flu or pneumonia compared to those meeting neither target.