
Dementia risk could be lowered by doing this for 5 minutes a day: study
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A study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has found that just five minutes a day of light exercise might help prevent dementia, even for frail older adults.
Just five minutes of light exercise a day could help prevent dementia, even for frail older adults, new research has found. For every additional 30 minutes of weekly moderate to vigorous physical activity, there was a 4% reduction in dementia risk. Participants in the new study had a median age of 63. "The association between more activity and lower dementia risk remained robust." Maureen Mackey is managing editor of lifestyle at Fox News Digital.
The latest study on the topic was led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland.