The less time a person spends on the couch in front of the TV, the more healthy old age awaits him. The results of a new study were published in the journal JAMA Network Open.
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The study examined 20 years of data on more than 45,000 people. At the time of inclusion in the study, all participants were at least 50 years old and had no chronic diseases. The results of the work were published in the journal JAMA Network Open.
Scientists tracked lifestyle and habits, for example, how much time a person sits at work and at home, how often he watches TV, as well as how much he walks and stands at home and At work. All this data was compared with information about how these people aged over time.
How can you tell if someone is aging healthy? This means that he lived to be 70 years old, has no serious chronic diseases, memory impairment, and is in good physical and mental health.
Researchers found that one activity – sitting down to watch TV – was particularly harmful to health.
Every hour a day when sitting down to watch TV was replaced by even light physical activity at home (such as routine housework) increased a person's chances of living a healthy life to age 70 or more by 8%. And if that hour of TV watching is replaced with moderately vigorous physical activity (such as working out), the chances of healthy aging increase by 28%.