Leicester: While most of us aim for maximum number of steps when walking, walking speed may be more important.
Researchers from the University of Leicester examined 391,652 people with an average age of 57.
According to research, brisk walkers (at a speed of more than 6.4 km/h) are less likely to die from cancer or heart attack.
Scientists believe that brisk walking improves fitness and protects against disease. But the scientists clarified that their results are for healthy people who are able to walk fast.
Participants in the study reported their walking speed. These speeds included slow (less than 4.8 km/h), moderate (between 4.8 and 6.4 km/h) or fast (more than 6.4 km/h).
According to the data, only 6.6 percent of people said to walk at low speed, 52.6 percent of people said to walk at moderate speed while 40.8 percent of people said to walk at a fast speed.
The study participants were monitored for 13 years and recorded 22,000 deaths during that time.
The results of the study, published in Progress in Cardiovascular Disease, found that women who walked briskly were 26 percent less likely to die from cancer than those who did not, compared to men who did so by 29 percent. were less.
Women who walked at a brisk pace were 60 percent less likely to die from cardiovascular disease, while men were 62 percent less likely to die.
However, this research proves cause and effect rather than causality.
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