Seniors, to see Merdeka in 2036, you should start doing this

Seniors who want to live longer and have a healthy heart need to up the intensity of their physical activity.

Seniors who take part in moderate to high intensity exercise benefit from more than a 30% reduction in their risk of experiencing an acute cardiovascular event, and the more exercise they do, the more protected they are according to new findings from the University of Oulu, Finland.

The research, which was presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2016 currently taking place in Rome, Italy, looked at a possible association between physical activity and cardiovascular (CVD) risk and mortality in 2,456 adults aged 65 to 74 years over a 12-year period.