For Quick Alerts
ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS  
For Daily Alerts
Oneindia App Download

Brisk exercise 'cuts cancer death risk'

By Super Admin
|
Google Oneindia News

London, July 28 (ANI): Strenuous exercise for just half an hour a day can reduce a person's risk of dying from cancer, says a new study.

Jogging, swimming, rowing and games like squash or football all lead to a lower risk of developing cancer and dying from it.

However, the study found people must exercise for at least 30 minutes a day to gain any benefit, reports The Daily Express.

The study's boffins, from the universities of Kuopio and Oulu in Finland, believe that vigorous physical activity is best for lowering the risk of cancer, and particularly of lung and gastrointestinal cancers.

They say: "The intensity of leisure-time physical activity had a strong and independent association with cancer mortality.

"It should be at least moderate so the beneficial effect of physical activity for reducing overall cancer mortality can be achieved."

To reach the conclusion, researchers followed 2,560 men aged from 42 to 61 from eastern Finland with no history of cancer and tested them to measure the intensity of their exercise.

The study has been published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. (ANI)

For Daily Alerts
Get Instant News Updates
Enable
x
Notification Settings X
Time Settings
Done
Clear Notification X
Do you want to clear all the notifications from your inbox?
Settings X
X