May 26, 2021 20:00:00

It is clear that 'walking in daily life', which is not walking, has a tremendous effect of extending lifespan.

Studies have shown that walking is good for your health, as the latest research shows that '

people who walk more often every day have a lower risk of death.' Recent research has shown that even occasional walking is effective enough to extend lifespan.

Sporadic Step Accumulation And All-cause Mortality In The Women'S Health Study: Do All Steps Count?
https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/?_ga=2.116728134.1708350944.1621260861-78844285.1609356599#!/9319/presentation/38

Even Random, Sporadic Bursts of Walking Are Linked to Living Longer, Scientists Find
https://www.sciencealert.com/even-random-sporadic-bursts-of-walking-are-linked-to-living-longer-scientists-find

There is a clear relationship between walking and longevity, and previous studies have shown that the more steps you take each day, the longer you live. Therefore, the number of steps per day and walking distance have been considered to be important indicators. Until now, it was difficult to accurately measure the number of steps and walking distance of a subject per day, but with the rise of wearable devices, it is possible to accurately measure various body movements, and research on walking is far more advanced. It seems that it has become.

'Technological advances over the last decade have made it possible to measure even short-term activity,' said Christopher Moore, an epidemiologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 'With the help of wearable devices.' And more research has shown that any kind of movement is healthier than sitting down. '

Mr. Moore said that he and his fellow researchers started the '

Women's Health Study ' in the 1990s, which is a follow-up survey of 40,000 American women, and four times a week for five years from 2011 to 2015. We conducted a study of 16,732 subjects who walked for up to 7 days, and analyzed two data that summarize the number of steps and walking distance. All subjects were over 60 years old, and the average age was 72 years old. By the end of the 2019 survey, 804 subjects had died.

Analysis of data from the Women's Health Study revealed that more walkers tend to live longer. Similar studies in the past have found that a group of subjects who walk about 4400 steps a day has a significantly lower mortality rate than a group of subjects who walk only 2700 steps a day.

In addition, Moore et al. 'S research group said that 'sporadic walking (walking that occurs in daily life such as climbing stairs and walking to a car)' and ' walking for 10 minutes or more (planned exercise such as walking and training in the gym)' Etc.) ”and analyze the data. An analysis of the impact of each category on longevity reveals that even sporadic gait makes an important contribution to health and longevity.

It was found that women with a high number of 'sporadic walks' tended to live longer than women with a low number of 'sporadic walks', despite the high and low steps of 'walking for 10 minutes or more'. However, the effect is that it will level off when the number of steps per day exceeds about 4,500.

Even so, if the number of 'sporadic walks' is less than 4,500, the life span increases as the number of steps increases, and if the number of 'sporadic walks' per day increases by 1000, the subject's mortality rate. Is said to have decreased by about 28%.

Of course, 'walking for 10 minutes or more' is also important. It has been shown that when the number of steps of 'walking for 10 minutes or more' per day exceeds 2000 steps, the mortality rate is about 32% lower than that of women who do not.

The research by Moore et al. Was just presented at a conference of the American Heart Association in the 4th week of May 2021, and is a research paper before peer review.