Walking

Every additional 500 steps walked could reduce the risk for a CVD event by about 14% in older adults, according to a presenter at American Heart Association’s Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions.

Breaking up periods of prolong sitting by walking 5 minutes every half hour was associated with reductions in cardiometabolic risk factors, according to a recent study published in Medicine and Science in Sports Exercise.

Engaging in light physical activity in lieu of sedentary time may help Black Caribbean men to reduce their adiposity, according to study results published in Obesity.

A 6-month intervention with an exercise target of 10,000 steps per day may slow aortic root dilation in pediatric patients with Marfan syndrome, according to study data published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Using smartphones as motion sensors may be the key to population-level analysis for mortality risk, researchers wrote.

Adults with prediabetes or diabetes have a reduced risk for all-cause mortality if they walk more than 10,000 steps per day, according to study findings published in Diabetes Care.

Low levels of physical activity, such as 10 minutes of walking per day, may reduce all-cause mortality in those aged 85 years or more compared with those who do not walk at all, a speaker reported.

Participating in leisure-time activities like playing tennis, swimming laps, jogging or walking may help lower the risk for death in older adults, according to researchers.

A smartphone-based free walk in the park 6-minute walking test showed results similar to standardized tests performed in a clinic, researchers reported in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Smartphone-recorded steps over 2 years were linked to positive changes in CVD risk factors but varied between men and women, researchers reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association.