MedPage Today (4/19, George) reported, “Incremental physical activity, even at a light intensity, was tied to larger brain volume,” researchers concluded after comparing “the number of steps walked per day” as well as dose measured as intensity x duration “with MRI total cerebral brain volume in 2,354 third-generation Framingham Heart Study participants who were a mean age of 53.” The study revealed that “each additional hour of light-intensity physical activity per day was associated with higher cerebral total brain volume, even among people not meeting national physical activity guidelines.” The findings were published online April 19 in JAMA Network Open. HealthDay (4/19, Reinberg) also covered the study.
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— “Light Physical Activity Tied to Brain Volume, “Judy George, MedPage Today, April 19, 2019