Light physical activity may lower risk of cardiovascular disease in older women: Study

According to a recent study, light physical activity like gardening, strolling through a park and folding clothes might be enough to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease among women 63 aged and older.These kinds of activities, researchers said, appear to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease events such as stroke or heart failure by up to 22 per cent, and the risk of heart attack or coronary death, by as much as 42 per cent. The results of the study were published in the journal 'JAMA Network Open'."When we tell people to move with heart, we mean it, and the supporting evidence keeps growing," said David Goff, the author of the study. "This study suggests that for older women, any and all movement counts towards better cardiovascular health," he added.Goff also said that the findings are consistent with the federal government's most recent physical activity guidelines, which encourage replacing sedentary behaviour with light physical activity as much as possible.In the ...