Women’s Health: Exercise

Abstract

Heart disease warning: Lack of exercise is worse risk for over-30s women than smoking or obesity”. The researchers wanted to determine the proportion of heart disease that was attributable to four specific risk factors: smoking, physical inactivity, high body mass index, and high blood pressure. Physical activity had the greatest PAR in women aged 31 years and older; if women aged 31 to 36 years increased their physical activity, about 51% of cases of heart disease could be eliminated.