Walking This Way Can Add 20 Years to Your Life, Says Top Scientist
Walking This Way Can Add 20 Years to Your Life, Says Top Scientist
four times more likely to die from severe cases of COVID-19 and have more than double the chance of contracting severe cases of the virus than their brisk-walking counterparts.
By then, the leading scientists knew that factors such as obesity and body-mass were key risk predictors of how well we cope with the virus, but the study was the first to shed light on the connection between fitness levels and COVID. Fast walkers have been shown to generally have good cardiovascular and heart health, making them more resilient to external stressors, including viral infection, but this hypothesis has not yet been established for infectious disease, Yates explained when the study was released. It is my view that … research surveillance studies should consider incorporating simple measures of physical fitness, such as self-reported walking pace in additio