{"id":37419,"date":"2019-08-28T14:46:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T18:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familytoday.com\/?p=37419"},"modified":"2019-08-28T15:03:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T19:03:40","slug":"study-finds-that-housework-could-lower-risk-of-early-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familytoday.com\/self-care\/study-finds-that-housework-could-lower-risk-of-early-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Finds That Housework Could Lower Risk of &#8216;Early Death&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Could simply doing some light housework each day be good for your long-term physical health? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is well established that moderate and vigorous physical intensity is good for your overall health. While on the flipside, it\u2019s recently been scientifically understood that spending the majority of the day sitting is bad for your health, and has an increased risk for chronic diseases and premature death. Physical health guidelines and recommendations in the United States suggest that at least 150 minutes per week of moderate physical activity (such as brisk walking) and avoiding prolonged sitting should be what the typical adult strives for. <\/p><div class=\"ad ad-container visible-xs-block\" style=\"height: 330px !important;\">\n    <div class=\"ad-label alt-text alt-pos-above\"><\/div>\n\t<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-mob_prem1_mid-0\" class=\"DFPAdSlot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad ad-container hidden-xs offset\" style=\"height: 680px !important;width: 300px !important;\">\n    <div class=\"ad-label\"><\/div>\n\t<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-dt_btf_inarticle1-1\" class=\"DFPAdSlot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>A group of researchers from the University of Leicester\nwanted to take these studies a bit further and ask the question, \u201ccan light\nphysical activity still count towards better health?\u201d Turns out, the answer is\nyes.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Light physical activity each day such as cooking or doing\nlaundry is enough to help substantially lower your risk of early death. By just\nmoving a bit more and sitting a little less, the study found that people can\nraise their chances for a longer life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study was led by the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.\nThey combined data from eight different studies across the US, UK and\nScandinavia. Over 36,000 participants aged 40 or older wore a motion sensor\n(accelerometer) or a belt around their waist between 4-7 days. They were\nfollowed for about 6 years and data was collected throughout this time. The\nresearchers made sure to keep other influential factors into account by\nadjusting for things such as sex, socioeconomic status, age, smoking, and body\nmass index to keep a fair study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the major advantages of this study was the use of\nphysical activity monitors, as previous data was driven from large observational\nstudies where people self-reported their physical activity. Overall, people\ntend to over-report how physical they are which can skew total data. This was\nthe largest study to date examining the associations between device measured\nphysical activity and the risk of death.<\/p><div class=\"ad ad-container visible-xs-block\" style=\"height: 330px !important;\">\n    <div class=\"ad-label alt-text alt-pos-above\"><\/div>\n\t<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-mob_prem2_mid-2\" class=\"DFPAdSlot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Deaths fell steeply as levels of light-intensity activity\nincreased. Every minute up to five hours offered additional benefits for a\nperson's wellbeing. When intensity of the physical activity is increased to a\nmoderate level, they saw similarly steep decreases in deaths. This occurred up\nto a plateau of 24 minutes a day. Moderate level house work could include\nmoving the lawn or vacuuming.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It had previously been understood that more is better when\nit comes to activity. This study, though, suggests that moderate activity over\n24 minutes a day doesn\u2019t add any additional benefits when it comes to early\ndeath. Health can be optimized at lower levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese findings really reinforce the saying \u2018Doing something\nis better than doing nothing,\u201d said Dr. Charlotte Edwardson, an associate\nprofessor at the university. \u201cThey show that physical activity of any intensity\nlowers the risk of death.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The researchers also found that high amounts of sedentary\ntime, like sitting, above 9.5 hours a day was associated with an increased risk\nof death. Sitting levels below this threshold did not have a strong link\nbetween any differences in risk. This means sitting four hours a day or six\nhours a day would cause the same amount of effects towards your overall health.\n<\/p><div class=\"ad ad-container visible-xs-block\" style=\"height: 330px !important;\">\n    <div class=\"ad-label alt-text alt-pos-above\"><\/div>\n\t<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-mob_prem3_mid-3\" class=\"DFPAdSlot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad ad-container hidden-xs offset\" style=\"height: 680px !important;width: 300px !important;\">\n    <div class=\"ad-label\"><\/div>\n\t<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-dt_btf_inarticle2-4\" class=\"DFPAdSlot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Due to being only an observational study, the researchers\ncannot say there is a true causal association between physical activity and the\nrisk of death, but results are positive. Future research in the area can help\nus understand the association on a wider scale and if it could be generalized\nto the large public, like including younger individuals and those from\nundeveloped countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next time you aren't able to make it to the gym, consider\nmodest increases in your physical activity at the home. Chasing your children\naround outside, cleaning out piles in your garage, or gardening are some of the\nfew and easy ways you can get some light exercise in. The overall health\nbenefits of being on your feet are substantial at giving you a better overall\nhealth.<\/p>\n<div id=\"bnm-poll-modal\" class=\"modal\"><div class=\"modal-content\"><span class=\"modal-close\">&times;<\/span><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Light physical activity, such as washing dishes or mowing the lawn, could substantially lower the risk of early death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":37422,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","fbia_status":""},"categories":[15664],"tags":[15,3242,1201],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.9 (Yoast SEO v17.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Study Finds That Housework Could Lower Risk of &#039;Early Death&#039; - FamilyToday<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Physical activity is well-documented as being beneficial for your physial health, but this study found that even light activity has health benefits.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familytoday.com\/self-care\/study-finds-that-housework-could-lower-risk-of-early-death\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Study Finds That Housework Could Lower Risk of &#039;Early Death&#039;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Physical activity is well-documented as being beneficial for your physial health, but this study found that even light activity has health benefits.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.familytoday.com\/self-care\/study-finds-that-housework-could-lower-risk-of-early-death\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FamilyToday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-28T18:46:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-08-28T19:03:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.familytoday.com\/2019\/08\/People-cleaning-kitchen.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Megan Bailey\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.familytoday.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"BN Media, LLC\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.familytoday.com\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/famtoday\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.familytoday.com\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wp-media.familytoday.com\/2020\/03\/bnmedia-logo-lg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/wp-media.familytoday.com\/2020\/03\/bnmedia-logo-lg.png\",\"width\":1315,\"height\":311,\"caption\":\"BN Media, LLC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.familytoday.com\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.familytoday.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.familytoday.com\/\",\"name\":\"FamilyToday\",\"description\":\"Here today, better tomorrow.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.familytoday.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.familytoday.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.familytoday.com\/self-care\/study-finds-that-housework-could-lower-risk-of-early-death\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wp-media.familytoday.com\/2019\/08\/People-cleaning-kitchen.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/wp-media.familytoday.com\/2019\/08\/People-cleaning-kitchen.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"People-cleaning-kitchen\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.familytoday.com\/self-care\/study-finds-that-housework-could-lower-risk-of-early-death\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.familytoday.com\/self-care\/study-finds-that-housework-could-lower-risk-of-early-death\/\",\"name\":\"Study Finds That Housework Could Lower Risk of 'Early Death' - 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