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    Researchers analyzed health records from over 500,000 people in the UK Biobank to study the effects of physical activity levels on mortality rates. They found that those who had 3-4 bursts of brisk physical activity per day, such as reaching 77% of maximum heart rate, had a mortality rate of 4.2 deaths per 1,000 people per year, compared to 10.4 deaths per 1,000 people for those who were inactive. Brisk physical activity was defined as reaching at least 77% of maximum heart rate and 64% of maximum oxygen consumption, which in real life results in a faster heart rate and shortness of breath during the first 15-30 seconds of activity.

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    Researchers analyzed health records from over 500,000 people in the UK Biobank to study the effects of physical activity levels on mortality rates. They found that those who had 3-4 bursts of brisk physical activity per day, such as reaching 77% of maximum heart rate, had a mortality rate of 4.2 deaths per 1,000 people per year, compared to 10.4 deaths per 1,000 people for those who were inactive. Brisk physical activity was defined as reaching at least 77% of maximum heart rate and 64% of maximum oxygen consumption, which in real life results in a faster heart rate and shortness of breath during the first 15-30 seconds of activity.

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    Researchers analyzed health records from over 500,000 people in the UK Biobank to study the effects of physical activity levels on mortality rates. They found that those who had 3-4 bursts of brisk physical activity per day, such as reaching 77% of maximum heart rate, had a mortality rate of 4.2 deaths per 1,000 people per year, compared to 10.4 deaths per 1,000 people for those who were inactive. Brisk physical activity was defined as reaching at least 77% of maximum heart rate and 64% of maximum oxygen consumption, which in real life results in a faster heart rate and shortness of breath during the first 15-30 seconds of activity.

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    epidemiologist Emmanuel Stamatakis and his colleagues analyzed a subset of records from the
    UK Biobank, a biomedical database containing health information on half a million people in the
    UK. The non-exercise participant in this study (more than half female, mean age 62 years her
    age) wore the motion-tracking device for one week.

    With a median follow-up of 7 years, the mortality rate for those who had 3 to 4 flares of activity
    per day was 4.2 per 1,000 he at 1 year. In inactive people, there were 10.4 deaths per 1,000
    people per year.

    Researchers looked for bursts of brisk activity that met definitions established in laboratory
    studies, such as achieving at least 77% of maximum heart rate and at least 64% of maximum
    oxygen consumption. In real life, the sign that someone has reached the required level of
    intensity is "a faster heart rate and a feeling of shortness of breath" during the first 15 to 30
    seconds of activity, says Stamatakis.

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