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FRIDAY, Oct. 23, 2020 (HealthDay News)<\/p>\n
Active older adults — cancer<\/a> survivors included — are in better physical and mental health<\/a> than their sedentary peers, a new study finds.<\/p>\n More regular moderate to vigorous physical activity and less sedentary time improve the mental and physical health of older cancer<\/a> survivors and older people without a cancer<\/a> diagnosis, say researchers from the American Cancer<\/a> Society.<\/p>\n “The findings reinforce the importance of moving more and sitting less for both physical and mental health<\/a>, no matter your age or history of cancer<\/a>,” study co-author Dr. Erika Rees-Punia said.<\/p>\n “This is especially relevant now as so many of us, particularly cancer<\/a> survivors, may be staying home to avoid COVID-19<\/a> exposure, and may be feeling a little isolated or down,” Rees-Punia added in a cancer society news release.<\/p>\n For the study, the research team analyzed aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities, sitting time and mental and physical health of nearly 78,000 people who took part in the society’s Cancer Prevention<\/a> Study II Nutrition<\/a> Cohort.<\/p>\n The researchers found clinically meaningful differences in mental and physical health between the most and least active, and the least and most sedentary.<\/p>\n
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