Sydney: A new study has revealed that men aged 70 years and above who walk at speeds of at least five km an hour can hope to keep death behind and live longer.
Researchers at Concord Hospital in Sydney analysed the walking patterns of 1,705 men aged 70 and over who were participating in the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project (CHAMP).
This practice may protect “against mortality because fast walkers can maintain a safe distance from the Grim Reaper,” the authors joked in their report, referring to the mythological and literary figure who personifies death.
However, they didn’t rule out the possibility that faster walkers live longer simply because they are healthier to begin with.
The researchers assessed participants’ walking speed at the start and their survival over a five-year period. The men were recruited from January 2005 to June 2007.
A total of 266 deaths were observed during the follow-up. The results showed that average walking speed for these men was two miles (about three km) per hour. No men with walking speeds of three miles per hour or above died during the study period.
The study is published in the Christmas issue of the British Medical Journal.
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