Moderately strenuous physical activity is the most effective way to improve physical fitness

"By establishing the relationship between different forms of habitual physical activity and detailed health measures, we hope that our research will provide important information that can ultimately be used to improve physical health and overall health throughout life," corresponding author Matthew Nayor, MD, MPH, explained

He and his team studied approximately 2,000 participants from the community-based Framingham Heart Study who underwent a comprehensive cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) to measure the "gold standard" of physical health.

They found that focused exercise (medium-intensity physical activity) was the most effective in improving fitness

The researchers said that although this study focuses on the relationship between physical activity and health status (rather than any health-related results), health has a great impact on health, and is related to reducing cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and The risk of premature death is related

These findings were published in the online edition of the European Heart Journal

Journal Reference :

1. Matthew Nayor, Ariel Chernofsky, Nicole L Spartano, Melissa Tanguay, Jasmine B Blodgett, Venkatesh L Murthy, Rajeev Malhotra, Nicholas E Houstis, Raghava S Velagaleti, Joanne M Murabito, Martin G Larson, Ramachandran S Vasan, Ravi V Shah, Gregachory D Lewis.