Cumulatively, the data indicated that running, whatever someone’s pace or mileage, dropped a person’s risk of premature death by almost 40 percent, a benefit that held true even when the researchers controlled for smoking, drinking and a history of health problems such as hypertension or obesity.
An Hour of Running May Add 7 Hours to Your Life, April 13, 2017 at 11:20AM
One caveat: the participants in those studies were mostly white and middle class.
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