Every little bit counts- fitness is accumulative –a little here .a little there.
That’s the message of a new study in the American Journal of Health Promotion, which showed that even a few minutes of brisk physical activity can add up to protect against obesity.
Currently, U.S. adults are recommended to get 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise a week.
The study found that the people who engaged in the higher-intensity, short bouts experienced benefits to their body mass index. For instance, for women, spending an extra minute of high-intensity exertion each day was linked with a .07 decrease in body mass index.