Moderate exercise in middle, older age cuts time spent in hospital

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New Delhi, May 08 (ANI): People aged 40-79 are at significantly lower risk of long or frequent hospital admissions if they do some form of physical activity, a new study suggests. According to the study, exercising regularly can cut 25-27 per cent of the risk of frequent hospital stays. Inactive participants in the study spent just over 4 days more in hospital over the next ten years than those who did at least some physical activity, whether for work or leisure. And similar results were observed 10 years later when the same participants were 50-90 years old. The researchers found that in the first ten years active participants were 25-27 per cent less likely than inactive participants to have more than 20 hospital days or more than 7 admissions per year with similar results over the subsequent ten years.

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