Heart of the matter Fitness doesn’t guarantee a healthy heart as Sourav Ganguly’s recent setback illustrates. Explaining the reason behind it Sujata Mukherjee | | Published 11.01.21, 02:56 AM
Sourav Ganguly, chief of India’s cricket board and former Indian cricket captain, collapses during a treadmill routine. He has to be taken to hospital and has to undergo corrective procedure. There is shock all around. But why? How? Isn’t Ganguly, a high-profile sportsman, fit? Perhaps. But that is not a necessary insurance against heart ailments. Doctors found three blockages in his arteries, one of which needed an immediate stent implant through angioplasty.
Residential greenness encourages middle-aged people to do physical activity
Residential greenness encourages middle-aged people to do physical activity, according to a joint study by the University of Oulu and Oulu Deaconess Institute Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Finland. Living in a green environment especially increases light physical activity, particularly among men.
The study also sought to ascertain how much greenness there should be in the living environment to promote physical activity. Based on the results, physical activity increases the more green there is in the environment. Therefore, the results encourage communities to preserve and increase the natural environment as well as the green areas in residential areas.
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