Australia – It’s no secret that exercise is key to staying healthy. In addition to improving your mood and reducing stress, physical activity can protect you from the risk of certain conditions in the long term.
A team of researchers from the University of Sydney followed 30,000 overweight people over a period of eight years. Nearly 3,000 of the participants also had type 2 diabetes.
They found that exercising at the end of the day protects against cardiovascular disease and reduces the risk of premature death by 61%.
The study, published in the journal Diabetes Care, analyzed data from 29,836 adults over the age of 40 from the UK Biobank, to see how the timing of physical activity affects health outcomes.
The researchers focused on people classified as obese, with a body mass index of 30 or more, because they are “at greater risk of major cardiovascular diseases, such as heart attacks and strokes, and premature death,” according to Dr. Angelo Sabbagh, a physiologist. Member and Lecturer at the University of Sydney School of Medicine.
He added: “Exercise is by no means the only solution to the obesity crisis, but this research suggests that those who can plan their activity at certain times of the day may better offset some of these health risks.”
Participants were divided into four groups based on the time of day they tended to move:
Their exercises were monitored 24 hours a day by devices worn on the wrist.
Using data from the NHS and national registers in Scotland, the researchers were able to follow the participants’ health trajectories for almost eight years.
During this period, they recorded 1,425 deaths, 3,980 cardiovascular cases, and 2,162 cases of microvascular disease, which is a type of heart disease that affects the smallest blood vessels that branch off from the coronary arteries, which are the large blood vessels that supply the heart with blood.
Participants with pre-existing cardiovascular disease and cancer were excluded from the study.
The researchers found that compared to those who did not exercise, people who set aside time in the evening to move had a 61% lower risk of death from any cause, a 36% lower risk of cardiovascular disease, and a 36% lower risk of cardiovascular disease. Microcirculation by 24%.
The researchers also found that exercising in the morning and afternoon is beneficial, but not as much as evening exercise.
Exercising in the morning was associated with a 33% lower risk of premature death, and a 17% lower risk of cardiovascular disease.
The odds of early death fell to 40% for the afternoon group, and they also had a 16% reduction in the risk of heart disease.
Interestingly, the number of times people exercise appears to be more important for health than the total time they spend moving.
The researchers observed the same trend in participants with type 2 diabetes, where those who exercised in the evening showed the lowest rates of death and disease.
Source: The Sun
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2024-04-16 18:47:25