Although exercise guidelines encourage all types of physical activity, a study suggests that while leisure-time activity promotes cardiovascular health, job-related activity does not.
The study on 104,000 men and women living in Copenhagen was published in the European Heart Journal.
Researchers
in the study found that the more leisure-time activity people reported, the lower
their risk of experiencing a heart attack or stroke. In contrast, the people
who got most of their physical activity on the job were more likely to
experience those cardiovascular problems.
One
possible explanation: compared with leisure exercise, work activity does not
raise a person’s heart rate enough to improve fitness.
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