Men need twice the exercise as women to cut heart disease risk, study finds
Source: www.deseret.com Key Points: Men need twice the exercise as women for heart benefits. Women reduce their heart disease risk more with less exercise. Exercise guidelines should consider sex differences. Men may need to exercise twice as much as women to achieve the same reduction in coronary heart disease risk, according to a new men vs women exercise study published Oct. 27 in Nature Cardiovascular Research. The study suggests that physical activity guidelines should account for biological differences between men and women. Researchers analyzed health and activity data from more than 80,000 adults enrolled in the UK Biobank project. They found that women who exercised for 250 minutes per week lowered their risk of heart disease by 30%. In comparison, men needed to exercise for 530 minutes, or nearly nine hours weekly, to see the same benefit. The research, part of the men vs women exercise study, was led by Dr. Jiajin Chen of Xiamen University in China. “Compared with male indiv...