“Fitness level was the single most powerful predictor of death and survival, even after researchers accounted for other important variables such as diabetes and family history of premature death—a finding that underscores the profound importance of heart and lung fitness, the investigators say.”
This is the conclusion from the just-released study by Johns Hopkins cardiologists involving 58,000 people.
You can read the complete article here: http://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2015-03-treadmill-mortality-formula-gauges-year.html
You must search far and wide to find statements more definitive and authoritative than this.
No need to say more.
A simple question, however, is certainly in order:
If not now, when?
For yourself and those who love you and depend on you, make health and fitness core values in your life!
To Your Health and Fitness,
Steven
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“Fitness level was the single most powerful predictor of death and survival, even after researchers accounted for other important variables such as diabetes and family history of premature death—a finding that underscores the profound importance of heart and lung fitness”
Without a Doubt…
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Good tool for the medical staff to use with patients! Thanks for sharing!