LiveScience: Even a Little Exercise is Good for You

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LiveScience: Even a Little Exercise is Good for You
Mon, 08-01-2011 - 5:35pm
Getting even a little bit of exercise is better than getting none at all, and this may hold especially true for women, a new study shows.

The U.S government guidelines recommend getting 150 minutes of exercise a week, and the study showed that even people who exercised less than that had a lower risk of coronary heart disease than those who did not exercise.

Of course, more exercise is even better for you: People who did 150 minutes of moderate exercise weekly had a 14 percent lower risk of developing coronary heart disease than those who did no exercise, the study said.

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