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A sweeping new international study found that doing a simple physical activity for just five minutes a day could help millions live longer, preventing an estimated 1 in 10 deaths.
That daily habit could pack a big punch in the US, where a rising number of early and middle-aged Americans are dying young.
“There’s clear evidence that lack of movement is a very detrimental thing,” said Dr. Theodore Strange, chairman of medicine at Staten Island University Hospital, who was not involved in the study.
“We need to become a more active society in general,” he continued. “Let’s start with an extra five minutes a day. That’s achievable.”
In the study, researchers analyzed data from nearly 95,000 people in the UK and another 40,000 from Norway, Sweden and the US, most of whom were in their 50s and 60s.
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