Overall, they suggest that a faster walking pace could be ‘potentially important’ in determining overall health. The findings suggested that brisk walking led to a lower biological age, rather than the other way round. The length of participants’ telomeres was also measured, and researchers found that people with a faster self-reported walking pace were more likely to have longer telomeres. They were asked to self-report their walking speeds, with 4mph or faster considered ‘brisk’, 3-4mph ‘steady/average’, and less then 3mph ‘slow’. This new research studied 405,981 middle-aged participants from the UK Biobank – a biomedical database used for long-term study and research. Previous research has suggested that higher levels of physical activity and cardiovascular fitness could be linked to longer telomeres, and potentially slower biological ageing. Shorter telomeres have been linked with a shorter life expectancy. Some scientists believe they can act as markers of your “biological age” and help indicate people’s risk of age-related diseases. They get gradually shorter as we get older. Telomeres are like protective caps for your DNA (a bit like the plastic tips at the end of your shoelaces) – they sit at both ends of your chromosomes, helping to protect your chromosomes from getting damaged.
The researchers wanted to find out if there was a relationship between walking pace and the length of telomeres in your DNA.
Walking speed also tends to be linked to doing regular exercise. The researchers say this is likely to be because walking is a fairly complex activity that relies on and builds the health of your muscles and bones, your heart and lungs, as well as thinking skills and mental health. Walking speed is widely considered to be a good indicator of overall health. Is this true? We look behind the headlines.Ī lifetime of walking at a brisk pace could reduce your biological age by 16 years by the time you reach midlife, according to news headlines based on a recent study from the University of Leicester.
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TV and newspaper reports claim regular brisk walks can make “you look and feel 16 years younger by middle age”, based on recently published research. Can brisk walking reduce your biological age?
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