Key points from article :
Any activity reduces risk of death from any cause or cardiovascular disease.
Weekend only activity had no significant effect on reducing cancer risk – unlike “insufficiently active” group.
Study of 64,000 participants with an average age of 58.6 years.
COMMENT: reaffirms that regular movement, however small, is better than long periods of inactivity with a few big bursts.
The study was published in the JAMA Internal Medicine journal.
