Morning exercise tied to larger cuts in CVD risk
Getting moving early reduces risk for CVD, regardless of total activity level; findings more evident in women
Physical activity in the morning is associated with lowering the risk for cardiovascular disease, irrespective of the average total physical activity, according to a Dutch study.
Researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands examined the impact of daily physical activity timing (‘chronoactivity’) CVD risk.
They used data collected by the UK Biobank that tracked physical activity patterns and heart health status among nearly 87,000 men and women.
Participants ranged in age from 42 to 78, and nearly 60% were women, in the study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology..
