Sports such as swimming can help extend your life.
An international research collaboration has found that sports like cycling, swimming, aerobics and racquet offer life-saving benefits. The study examined surveys from over 80,000 adults older than 30 years of age from 1994 to 2008. Results showed that risk of death from cardiovascular disease was reduced in those who participated in cycling, swimming, aerobics and racquet sports like tennis, squash or badminton.
Authors:
Pekka Oja, Paul Kelly, Zeljko Pedisic, Sylvia Titze, Adrian Bauman, Charlie Foster, Mark Hamer, Melvyn Hillsdon, Emmanuel Stamatakis
Corresponding author:
Emmanuel Stamatakis, Charles Perkins Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences and School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Original paper published in British Journal of Sports Medicine on November 29, 2016.
