Experts pinpoint amount of time you must exercise to cut cancer risk
Cramming exercise into just one or two days a week is enough to slash the risk of early death, a study suggests. People who followed the ‘weekend warrior’ approach were much less likely to die from any cause, heart disease and cancer than those who were inactive. And the benefits were remarkably similar to those who spread their physical activity into smaller chunks throughout the week. Researchers said their findings show exercise patterns do not matter as long as people achieve 150 minutes (2.5 hours) of moderate to vigorous activity each week. The study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association , examined data on more than 93,000 people from the UK who wore FitBit-style trackers on their wrist. Dr Zhi-Hao Li, who led the study at Southern Medical University in Guangzhou, China , said: ‘You don’t need to exercise every day to stay healthy. ‘As long as you get 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity per week — wh...