Tiny daily 10-minute walk linked to 15% lower premature death risk
TL;DR
A Lancet-backed study of about 135,000 adults found that a daily ten-minute walk can cut the risk of dying early by around 15%, with additional gains from small daily tweaks such as taking stairs and reducing sitting time; researchers caution the findings are observational and do not prove causation.
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