Being Fit can Lower stroke risk

Posted on March 6, 2008 at 6:45 am.
Filed Under Health |

WalkingA new study shows that being moderately fit can lower the risk of having a stroke. The findings apply to women as well as men. For moderate levels of fitness, the risk reduction ranged from 15 to 30 percent for men and 23 to 57 percent in women. Moderate level of fitness can be achieved by just walking briskly half an hour a day. The research was conducted by University of South Carolina’s Prevention Research Center.

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