📟🪑🏃♂️ A striking accelerometer-based analysis in The Lancet suggests that small, realistic behavior shifts could translate into meaningful mortality gains at the population level. For the least active adults, +5 minutes/day of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) was associated with preventing ~6% of deaths; applying a similar increase broadly (excluding the most active) could prevent ~10%. Reducing sedentary time by 30 minutes/day was associated with preventing ~3% (high-risk) to ~7% (population) of deaths (with smaller—but still meaningful—effects in UK Biobank).
🎯 Practical takeaway: "5 minutes more exercise, 30 minutes less sitting." Small hinges, big doors.
(Ekelund et al., The Lancet, 2026)
