A 20-minute walk helps increase the duration of your stay on Earth.
A daily 20-minute walk significantly reduces the risk of premature death, whereas physical inactivity in this respect, more dangerous than obesity. This conclusion was made by scientists based on the results of studies involving more than 334 thousand inhabitants of European countries.
Even if the person does not have problems with overweight, lack of physical activity, you need the volume still increases the risk of premature death. This was stated by the researchers working in the framework of the project EPIC – European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition, which investigates the relationship between diet and cancer.
Depending on the level of physical activity observed by scientists that people were divided into several groups. To zero the activity level attributed those who had sedentary jobs and did no exercise. The presence of 20-minute walks a day meant that the level of activity in humans is negligible.
Summarizing the obtained 12 years of observations of data experts came to the following conclusion: people who walk at least 20 minutes a day, the probability of premature death by 16-30% lower than people with zero activity.
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