Paul Saladino· MD
Is light activity useless?
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The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
Is light activity useless?
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It also shows a clear dose-response for vigorous activity that’s much weaker for moderate activity and barely detectable for light activity.
Are light activity's benefits capped?
Perhaps most striking is the lack of any apparent dose-response relationship between light physical activity and disease risk reduction, whereas a near-linear relationship is observed for vigorous and moderate activity.
for all of the main outcomes including cancer light activity u one minute of vigorous activity was equal to 53 to 94 minutes um of light activity.