{"id":18235,"date":"2023-07-31T23:33:20","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T18:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=18235"},"modified":"2023-07-31T23:33:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T18:33:20","slug":"no-exercise-these-gym-free-short-bursts-of-physical-activity-may-cut-cancer-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/health\/no-exercise-these-gym-free-short-bursts-of-physical-activity-may-cut-cancer-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"No exercise: These gym-free short bursts of physical activity may cut cancer risks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several studies have suggested that working out can reduce the risk of cancer; however, proper workouts and gymming are time-consuming for many people, but incidental exercise or short bursts of gym-free physical activity, can also do the trick, a new study revealed.<\/p>\n

The incidental activities include doing little walks for work-related tasks and participating in housework on a daily basis. For these exercises, no special time and equipment is required.<\/p>\n

A new study \u2014 published in JAMA Oncology \u2014 explored the benefits of such exercises which include short walks to get to the transport, stair climbing, carrying heavy shopping and so.<\/p>\n

The study participants were selected who never had cancer and did not work out in their free time.<\/p>\n

With the help of a wrist tracker, their routine was monitored. The participants\u2019 activities were then linked to future cancer registrations, including other cancer-associated health records for the next 6.7 years.<\/p>\n

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The researchers reported that about 94% recorded short bursts of vigorous activity with some 92% of all bouts being done in very short bursts lasting up to one minute.<\/p>\n

\u201cA minimum of around 3.5 minutes each day was associated with a 17\u201318% reduction in total cancer risk compared with not doing any such activity,\u201d research indicated.<\/p>\n

The scientists concluded that half the participants did at least 4.5 minutes a day, associated with a 20\u201321% reduction in total risk.<\/p>\n

For breast, lung, and bowel cancers, the results were stronger and the risk reduction sharper.<\/p>\n

For instance, a minimum of 3.5 minutes per day of vigorous incidental activity reduced the risk of these cancers by 28\u201329%. At 4.5 minutes a day, these risks were reduced by 31\u201332%.<\/p>\n

Despite the results, researchers said that this is an observational study which means they looked at a group of people and their outcomes retrospectively and did not test new interventions.<\/p>\n

This activity is promising in cancer prevention among those unable to exercise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several studies have suggested that working out can reduce the risk of cancer; however, proper workouts and gymming are time-consuming for many people, but incidental exercise or short bursts of gym-free physical activity, can also do the trick, a new study revealed. The incidental activities include doing little walks for work-related tasks and participating in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":18236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[8158],"class_list":["post-18235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}