Older adults may have a lower risk of death from any cause, as well as death from cardiovascular disease and cancer, if they are involved in a variety of recreational activities weekly, according to a recent to study led by researchers from the National Institute Cancer Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health. The results are published in Open JAMA Network, imply that older people should participate in leisure activities that they love and can maintain because many of these activities can reduce their chances of dying, according to the authors. The researchers examined whether participating in comparable amounts of seven different exercise and recreational activities — including walking, cycling, swimming, other aerobics, racket sports, golf and other forms of exercise — was linked to a lower risk of death. Adults should get 2.5 to 5 hours of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity or 1.25 to 2.5 hours of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity per week, according to the second edition of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans .
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