Lifestyle

Physical activity (leisure time)

Lifestyle.

In practice

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Effect by goal · level of evidence

All-cause mortality

reduces High study (A)

150 min

Pooled analysis of 6 cohorts (NCI): meeting the recommendation (~150 min/week of moderate activity) was associated with ~31% lower mortality; the benefit keeps growing up to 3–5 times that amount and then levels off, with no apparent harm even at much higher amounts. Observational but very robust.

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In depth

Lifestyle · Highest evidence: High · 1 finding

Findings

All-cause mortality — reduces (High, study). Pooled analysis of 6 cohorts (NCI): meeting the recommendation (~150 min/week of moderate activity) was associated with ~31% lower mortality; the benefit keeps growing up to 3-5 times that amount and then levels off, with no apparent harm even at much higher amounts. Observational but very robust. 25844730

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