Experts have all been suggesting that exercising is one of the ways to live a healthy lifestyle. There is a new study saying that people who live a sedentary lifestyle are bound for disaster. It is even reportedly worse than smoking.
According to CNN, people who do not exercise are not doing something good for their health. It is far worse than smoking, heart disease, and even heart attack. A cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic named Dr. Wael Jaber said that the results his team got are "extremely surprising." It is worth noting that he is also the senior author of the study.
Jaber claims that being unfit can always lead to a worse prognosis, and it could even go as far as death. It is far worse than being hypertensive, as well as being a smoker or diabetic. Jaber was quoted as saying, "We've never seen something as pronounced as this and as objective as this."
Jaber urges follower researchers to start conveying the risks related in their study to the general public. He further claims that not exercising is considered a strong risk factor, which is akin to hypertension, smoking, and diabetes.
The doctor argues that the issues involved are so threatening that it must be considered the same way as a disease. Researchers revealed that they studied about 122,007 patients who all were asked to undergo some form of exercise. It was conducted at the aforementioned clinic in a goal to determine all-cause mortality deeply rooted in the benefits one could get from either fitness or exercising. Patients who had the lowest exercise rate were accounted for around 12 percent of the total participants.
There is no doubt that diabetes and cardiovascular disease are among the most expensive diseases in the United States. The government spends around $200 billion a year just to treat them, including all complications. Jaber advises that instead of paying huge cash for the treatment, people should consider staying active and exercising, USA Today reports.
He adds that there is no certain level of fitness or exercise that could expose a person to risk. That is because even those who appear to be ultra-fit - based on the study they performed - still have a lower mortality rate.
Jaber, however, clarified that the participants who did the best in the exercises were an exception. While those who had difficulty performing very well on the various tests seemed to double the risk.
