Midlife Fitness Extends Health Span and Overall Life Expectancy, Landmark Study Finds
– Higher cardiorespiratory fitness linked to later onset of chronic disease and more disease-free years –
How fit you are in midlife may help determine not just how long you live, but how many of those years are spent in good health, according to a new study published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), the flagship journal of the American College of Cardiology.
The study found that adults with higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness in midlife lived longer, developed fewer chronic diseases, and spent more years free from serious illness compared with those who were less fit. These benefits were observed in both men and women.
Cardiorespiratory fitness, how well the heart and lungs supply oxygen during physical activity, is already known to reduce...