Succoming 30 minutes of sitting for walking could make the risk of dying for millions of people in the United Kingdom, have suggested new research.
Scientists, who followed around 600 patients who had recently suffered from cardiac symptoms such as chest pain, found those who were moving a little more every day greatly improved their chances of undergoing a deadly attack.
While those who replaced a period to sit down by cleaning or walking, reduced their strange suffering of a cardiovascular emergency by 50%, for those who have done a more difficult exercise, as Jogging, the risk dropped by 61%.
Even the replacement of 30 minutes of sedentary time with a sleep proved to be beneficial, reducing the risk of a trip to A & E or death by almost a sixth.
Overall, the team noted that those who have moved the least over a 30 -day period had twice and a half times the risk of dying over the next year, compared to the most active patients.
They said the results stressed the importance of “sitting less and doing more” for people with heart problems and those without.
The results intervened while British health organizations on heart health have warned that cardiovascular deaths among the British of the working age have increased by 18% since 2019.
Meanwhile, last week’s study revealed that increased session periods could increase your risk of Alzheimer, regardless of the amount of exercise you do.
Scientists, who followed patients who had reported symptoms of a heart attack for a month, found those who moved a little more every day to improve their chances of survival. Baptize
Professor Bethany Barone Gibbs, an expert Epidemiology and biostatistics at the Public Health School of the University of Virginia-Western, said that the new study showed the very importance of small bursts of activity.
“ To replace the sedentary time with light intensity activities, such as storing the house or walking at a slow pace, was almost as beneficial as physical activities of moderate intensity to vigorous, such as cycling or the manufacture of aerobic ”, she said.
‘These results suggest sitting less and doing anything else – like walking, cooking, playing with your dog or gardening – will help you stay healthier.
Physiologist of exercise and principal author of the Keith Diaz study, of the Columbia University Medical Center in New York, added: “Our study indicates that he did not start running marathons after a cardiovascular event to see the advantages”.
“Saving less and moving or sleeping a little more can make a real difference.”
Exercise, of all kinds, is known to help keep the heart healthy.
The heart is a muscle and, like those in your arms and legs, it becomes stronger with the exercise.
While some warning panels (photo) are easy to spot – such as severe chest pain – others are more vague and difficult to identify
A stronger heart can pump blood around the body, more effectively keeping cholesterol and low blood pressure.
Diaz added that the researchers had been particularly surprised that the replacement of the session with sleep would have such an impact on health results.
“Sleep is a restful behavior that helps the body and the mind to recover, which is particularly important after a serious health event,” he said.
The NHS advises that adults should get at least seven to nine hours of sleep per night for optimal health.
In the study, published in the journal Circulation: cardiovascular quality and results, the team analyzed the data of 609 patients.
All the patients had attended Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York with symptoms of a heart attack, such as chest pain, between 2016 and 2020.
They had an average of 62 and were divided almost evenly in terms of sex.
At the exit, the patients received a watch that followed their activity levels for the following 30 days.
Scientists then followed patients a year after reporting symptoms for the first time.
At the end of the study, near one in 10 patients (50) died.
The authors did not detail exactly what condition deceased died.
The data of the most active participants revealed that they have undertaken an average of 144 minutes of light physical activity, such as walking, 25 minutes of moderate activity in vigorous, such as jogging, had eight and a half hours and spent almost 12 hours sedentary.
On the other hand, the least active patients spent almost 16 hours sedentary, spending only 82 minutes to do light physical activity, less than three minutes of moderate activity at vigorous and only slept six and a half hours on average.
The study had several limits that the authors recognized.
First, demographic data such as the richness of patients or where they lived were not collected – and this could have influenced their survival results.
Second, the watches were only worn for about 30 days, which means that changes in physical activity levels among participants after this period would not have been recorded.
Heart disease is one of the largest killers in Britain, killing around 160,000 people a year, the number of American dead about five times higher.
The figures estimate that around 1.4 million people in the United Kingdom have already had a heart attack.
To help protect itself from health problems such as heart attacks, the NHS advises the public to target at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity or 75 minutes of vigorous intensity each week.
Moderate activity includes activities such as a quick walk or gardening while vigorous includes those such as cycling or swimming.
