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The NY Times article, The Right Dose of Exercise for a Longer Life, summarizes results from two published, peer-reviewed research papers on the effect of exercise on longevity. (Note: You do not need to read the article to complete this assignment.)
Exercise has always been considered as a proactive approach to maintain and/or improve health. However, unlike conventional treatment methods, which are mostly reactive, its proactive nature has always spurned debates about the right dosage. In other words, what is the optimum amount of exercise that would help a person improve health and longevity? The current broad guidelines from governmental and health organizations call for 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week to build and maintain health and fitness. Two recent studies using large-scale demographic data, including exercise regimes and death records, endeavored to settle this debate. A brief summary of each study is provided below.
Study 1: National Cancer Institute, Harvard University and other institutions
The researchers collected data about people’s exercise habits from 661,000 adults, predominantly middle-aged, from six large ongoing health surveys. They segmented this data using weekly exercise time as a parameter. The ranges varied from no exercise to almost 10 times the current recommendations (moderate exercise for 25 hours per week or more). Then, 14 years’ worth of death records for the group were compared to the exercise records. The effort yielded the following major results:
The group with no exercise times were at the highest risk of early death.
Minimal exercise less than the recommended level was still able to mitigate the risk of premature death by 20%.
The group who followed the generally prescribed guideline of 150 min/week of moderate exercise had reduced probabilities of early death by 31%.
The optimum level of health benefits were yielded in people who exercised thrice the recommended levels and had lowered their risk of premature death by 39%.
Any further increase in exercise yielded insignificant incremental benefits with regards to mortality risk. However, the exercise also did not adversely affect their mortality risk. Study 2: James Cook University in Cairns Their methodology was similar to the other study. The researchers collected health survey data for more than 200,000 Australian adults, followed by comparison with corresponding death statistics. However, the stratification in their case was taken another level forward in that they further segmented the sample data regarding exercise times into various stress levels of the exercise varying from normal to vigorous. The results, unsurprisingly, were similar in nature with a few additional insights:
Meeting the generally recommended exercise guidelines substantially reduced the risk of early death, even with moderate exercise such as walking.
Occasional vigorous exercise did not yield any significant reduction in mortality; however, those who spent up to 30 percent of their weekly exercise time in vigorous activities were 9 percent less likely to die prematurely. With more than 30% of their time dedicated to strenuous activities, people gained an extra 13% reduction in early mortality, compared with people who stuck to moderate exercise levels. Very high levels of intense exercise did not improve mortality risk rates significantly.
In conclusion, although these two studies may not put an end to the debate about the right “dosage” of exercise for a healthy life; it can be said that 150 minutes of vigorous exercise per week seems to be effective in reducing mortality risks.
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What type of studies were used (e.g., experimental, observational, time-series, cross-sectional)? Explain your answer.
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Question 2
What is the method used for sampling? Explain your answer.
Question 3
What was the random variable in these studies? Were there any other variables in the studies?
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