What The Study Did: Researchers used data from accelerometers worn by study participants to estimate the number of deaths that could be prevented among adults age 40 to 85 with increased physical activity.
Authors: Pedro F. Saint-Maurice, Ph.D., of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the corresponding author.
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