{"id":248379632,"date":"2012-11-14T18:20:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T18:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=248379632"},"modified":"2012-11-14T18:20:32","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T18:20:32","slug":"nih-study-finds-leisure-time-physical-activity-extends-life-expectancy-as-much-as-4-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=248379632","title":{"rendered":"NIH Study Finds Leisure-Time Physical Activity Extends Life Expectancy As Much As 4.5 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bethesda, Maryland&#8211;(ENEWSPF)&#8211;November 7, 2012.  Leisure-time physical activity is associated with longer life expectancy, even at relatively low levels of activity and regardless of body weight, according to a study by a team of researchers led by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health. The study, which found that people who engaged in leisure-time physical activity had life expectancy gains of as much as 4.5 years, appeared Nov. 6, 2012, in PLoS Medicine.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nThis bar graph displays the years of life gained when participants met various percentages of HHS guidelines for physical activity. 50% = 1.8 years. 100% = 3.4 years. 200% = 4.2 years. 300% = 4.5 years.<br \/>\nPhysical activity has been shown to help maintain a healthy body weight, maintain healthy bones, muscles and joints, promote psychological well-being, and reduce the risk of certain diseases, including some cancers.<br \/>\n&quot;We must not underestimate how important physical activity is for health<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.enewspf.com\/latest-news\/health-and-fitness\/38129-nih-study-finds-leisure-time-physical-activity-extends-life-expectancy-as-much-as-45-years.html\">https:\/\/www.enewspf.com\/latest-news\/health-and-fitness\/38129-nih-study-finds-leisure-time-physical-activity-extends-life-expectancy-as-much-as-45-years.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bethesda, Maryland&#8211;(ENEWSPF)&#8211;November 7, 2012. Leisure-time physical activity is associated with longer life expectancy, even at relatively low levels of activity and regardless of body weight, according to a study by a team of researchers led by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health. The study, which found that people who &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=248379632\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NIH Study Finds Leisure-Time Physical Activity Extends Life Expectancy As Much As 4.5 Years&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248379632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248379632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=248379632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248379632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=248379632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=248379632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=248379632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}