{"id":41508,"date":"2026-04-03T18:34:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=41508"},"modified":"2026-04-03T18:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:34:35","slug":"how-5-to-10-minute-exercise-snacking-sessions-can-get-you-fit-and-lower-disease-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=41508","title":{"rendered":"How 5 to 10 minute \u2018exercise snacking\u2019 sessions can get you fit and lower disease risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/04\/03\/52cf7f70-b3ae-490f-a253-4ba21a8798b6_2ee94e10.jpg?itok=BnIiNU9l&amp;v=1775187234\" \/><\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">January usually triggers a renewed sense of enthusiasm for getting fit, but as the months roll on and spring comes into fruition, life\u2019s busyness often gets in the way.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">However, new research suggests we do not need to commit to a strict gym schedule: <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">short bursts of vigorous exercise<\/span> \u2013 such as taking the stairs or running for the bus \u2013 can also help us keep fit and healthy.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">The study, by researchers in China, included 96,408 people taking part in the UK Biobank study. It compared the data with the likelihood of dying or developing eight health conditions over seven years: heart disease, irregular heartbeat, type 2 diabetes, <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">liver disease<\/span>, long-term lung conditions, chronic kidney disease, dementia, and immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, which include arthritis and psoriasis.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">They found that people who did more vigorous exercise had a lower risk of all diseases, and that their risk of <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">dementia<\/span> was 63 per cent lower when compared to people who did no vigorous activity.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">The researchers suggested that the benefits remained even if the time spent exercising intensely was modest.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3348670\/how-5-10-minute-exercise-snacking-sessions-can-get-you-fit-and-lower-disease-risk?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January usually triggers a renewed sense of enthusiasm for getting fit, but as the months roll on and spring comes into fruition, life\u2019s busyness often&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7792,3178,4695,3776,1567,19626,19625],"class_list":["post-41508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-disease","tag-exercise","tag-fit","tag-minute","tag-risk","tag-sessions","tag-snacking","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}