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150 mins of intense moderate activity each week found beneficial-weekdays/weekend

Clocking up physically active minutes more crucial than when the exercise takes place

05-Jul-2022

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Exercise at the weekend or regularly throughout the week makes no difference to the benefits of being active.

Findings will be important for office workers, researches say.

Important for people with fewer opportunities for daily or regular physical activity during their working week.

A study of 350,978 adults in America.

Joanne Whitmore, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation (BHF), said: “When it comes to exercise, it doesn’t matter when you do it ... physical activity is undertaken in the first place."

"Whether you cram your exercise in on the weekend or spread it across the week, aim for 150 minutes of moderate intensity activity each week."

The findings have been published in the Jama Internal Medicine journal.

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British Heart Foundation (BHF)

Charity organization researching heart and circulatory diseases

JAMA Internal Medicine

General internal medical and internal medicine subspecialities journal

Joanne Whitmore

Senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation (BHF)

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150 mins of intense moderate activity each week found beneficial-weekdays/weekend