Jogging Adds Six Years To Your Life

The expression “run for your life” was given new meaning at a recent meeting of European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation when Danish researchers presented evidence that jogging at a slow pace for one to two and a half hours weekly could add about six years to your life. HealthDay reports that researchers for the Copenhagen Heart Study compared the mortality of joggers and non-joggers who took part in the population study of 20,000 people aged 20 to 93 that began in 1976. The scientists, who asked 1,116 male joggers and 762 women joggers about their jogging routine, including how fast and how long they jogged weekly, found a 44 percent drop in the risk of death for male and female joggers. They also found that male joggers can extend their life by 6.2 years, and women by 5.6 years. How far and how fast? The researchers found that jogging at a slow pace for one to two and a half hours weekly provided the most significant benefits. Read more in HealthDay.