Week 5 - 23 and 1/2 hours VIDEO

benefits of exercise

• reduced knee pain and disability in patients with knee arthritis by 47%

  • 1 hour of treatment 3 times a week

• reduced progression to dementia and alzheimers by 50%

• reduced progression to diabetes by 58%

• 23% lower risk of death in 10,000 Harvard alumni

• #1 treatment of fatigue

how much exercise should we do in a day for benefits

try for half an hour to an hour

how much exercise is good

• more activity is better (but rate of return of exercise declines after 20-30 minutes)

What did the Nurse’s health study find

women who went from 0 activity to 1 hour a week reduced rate of heart disease by almost half

What did Lennert Veerman’s study in australia find

those who spent 6 hours per day sitting down watching TV lives 5 years less than those who didn’t

• average adult in the USA spends about 5 hours a day watching TV

what is the video’s goal and takeaway message

try to limit your sitting and sleeping to just 23 and a half hours a day