Cardio-Fitness reduziert Todesfälle und Krankheiten um fast 20 %. Mit jeder 1-MET-Steigerung der kardiorespiratorischen Fitness – der Energiemenge, die für ruhiges Sitzen verbraucht wird – kann eine Person ihr Sterberisiko um 11–17 % und insbesondere ihr Risiko einer Herzerkrankung um 18 % senken.

Running, cycling, or swimming – if you regularly exercise, you’re well on track for a long and healthy life, as groundbreaking new research from the University of South Australia finds that an increased cardio fitness level will reduce your risk of death from any cause by 11-17%.

Published in BJSM, the study found that for every 1-MET increase in cardiorespiratory fitness – the amount of energy used for quiet sitting – a person can reduce their risk of death by 11-17%, and specifically, their risk of heart disease by 18%.

Comprising 26 systematic reviews with meta-analysis representing more than 20.9 million observations from 199 unique cohort studies, it is the first study to collate all the scientific evidence that looked at the prospective link between cardiorespiratory fitness and health outcomes among adults.

Senior author, UniSA’s Professor Grant Tomkinson, says that cardiorespiratory fitness is probably the most important type of fitness for good health.

“Cardiorespiratory fitness (or CRF) is your ability to perform physical activity for a long period of time like running, cycling, and swimming,” Prof Tomkinson says.

“In this study we found that high levels of cardiorespiratory fitness reduce the risk of dying early from any cause.

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