Brief periods of incidental activity鈥攏on-exercise movement lasting less than 10 minutes that people engage in as a part of their typical day鈥攚ere tied to a lower risk of all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events, according to an of accelerometer data. The study included 103鈥�684 White British participants from the UK Biobank who did not report exercising during their leisure time.
Moreover, the health benefits linked with intermittent bouts of moderate to vigorous intensity were similar for participants who moved for periods of 1 to 5 minutes and those who moved for 5 to 10 minutes. Activities that lasted for less than 1 minute were also associated with a lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events, but only when about 15% of those brief activities consisted of vigorous movement, the researchers reported in The Lancet Public Health.