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The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | April 2018
Healthy Living Tips from
WANT A LONGER, BETTER LIFE?
Exercise pays—all through your life
The secret to a longer life may not be much of a secret at all: Numerous studies are now showing that those who
continue to be moderately physically active later in life lowered their risk of death! According to many of these
studies, increasing physical activity benefited life span as much as quitting smoking.
One study involving almost 900 senior men and women indicated that a higher level of total daily physical activity
was strongly associated with a decreased risk of death. In fact, an individual with high total daily physical activity had
approximately one-fourth the risk of death compared with an individual with low total daily physical activity!
The message, plain and clear: Just 30 minutes of moderate activity six days a week was associated with a 40 percent
lower risk of death!
More dangerous than obesity?
Another study of 334,000 women and men tracked waist circumference and self-reported levels of physical activity
over the course of 12 years. These researchers found that eliminating physical inactivity would reduce the number of
deaths twice as much as eradicating obesity!
These results lend further support to the role of exercise in preventing mental decline, maintaining function and
enhancing cardiac fitness, among other benefits. The good news? Even a little exercise—as easy as 30 minutes of
walking a day—reduced the risk of early death by up to 30 percent!
Ready to start improving your quality of life and living longer? Just get moving! Watch TV peddling a stationary bike,
walk as you talk on the phone, take the stairs at work--every little bit of exercise counts and will pay BIG dividends
toward greater enjoyment of your life!
For an appointment with a Deborah specialist or more information about how Deborah
Heart and Lung Center’s leading-edge technologies can improve your quality of life:
800.555.1990, option 4 or request info/an appointment: www.demanddeborah.org
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