from European Society of Cardiology
A recommended exercise program of thirty minutes a day at least five days a week has been shown to reduce the average risk of death by thirty percent. Such a benefit is not as clear in the elderly where an estimated sixty percent are unable to achieve that level of exercise. A thirteen-year study of more than one thousand elderly people, presented to the European Society of Cardiology, suggests exercise, however modest, is progressively beneficial to an elderly person. Even those doing a very low level of physical activity lowered their risk of death by fifty-one percent compared to those doing virtually no exercise. How much exercise? Researchers say brisk walking, cycling or swimming at least fifteen minutes a day would be a good start. Just starting or restarting physical activity