Increased daily exercise for 10 minutes could prevent more than 100K deaths a year: study

An increase in daily physical activity of 10 minutes could help to save more than 100,000 lives, researchers say. 

They estimated that if adults aged 40 to 85 years or older increased moderate-to-vigorous physical activity by 10 minutes per day, approximately 6.9% of annual deaths could be averted, or 111,174 preventable deaths a year. 

Greater benefits were associated with larger increases in activity, with similar benefits observed for men, women, Mexican Americans, non-Hispanic Black Americans and non-Hispanic White Americans.