Folks who regularly exercise have better mental and brain health, researchers will report in early April at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in San Diego and online. Advertisement
Moderate to vigorous physical activity reduces risk of dementia, stroke , anxiety, depression and sleep disorders, researchers found.
For the study, researchers analyzed data from more than 73,000 U.K. residents with an average age of 56 who wore motion-tracking devices for seven days.
The devices monitored their physical activity, the energy they spent on those activities and the time they spent sitting each day.
The team used that data to quantify each person's physical activity as metabolic equivalents, or METs.
Moderate physical activity like walking or cleaning amounts to around three METs, researchers said, while more intense exercise like cycling can burn around six METs depending on speed. Advertisement
People who engaged in moderate to vigorous activity were 14% to 40% less likely to develop the mental health and brain conditions being tracked, results show.
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