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Since my military days that led to Aerobics,
I have continued to study the physiological
effects of aerobic conditioning.
We have a large data repository at
The Cooper Institute called the Cooper
Center Longitudinal Study. There are
more than 100,000 people in this study,
and many have been coming to Cooper
Clinic annually for up to 40 years. As
a result, we have more than 1.2 million
person-years of follow-up on those
patients, which is the largest database
in the world with measured levels of
fitness having been correlated with
all-risk mortality and longevity.
The most significant study from this
data was published November 3, 1989, in
the Journal of the American Medical
Association. The article, entitled “Physical
Fitness and All-Cause Mortality,” from
The Cooper Institute clearly showed that
when sedentary men were compared to
moderately active men, the latter saw a
reduction in deaths from all causes by
58 percent and an increased life expectancy
of six years. Women showed the
same response moving up one block on
a five-block fitness scale—for example,
going from very poor to the poor
category on a scale
of very poor, poor, fair,
good, excellent, and
superior. In the top aerobic category of
fitness, the decrease in deaths from all
causes was 65 percent and increase in
longevity was nine years.
Other studies show that aerobic
exercise:
• Lowers the risk for stroke by 27 percent
• Reduces the incidence of diabetes by
approximately 50 percent
• Reduces the incidence of high blood
pressure by approximately 40 percent
• Can reduce mortality and the risk for
recurrent breast cancer by approximately
50 percent
• Can lower the risk for colon cancer by
more than 60 percent
• Can reduce the risk of developing
Alzheimer’s disease by approximately
40 percent
These results are due to physiological
changes to the body when it experiences
aerobic conditioning. There is a
long list of benefits (see the story to the
right) including the lungs, heart, and
cardiovascular system all working more
efficiently. You see changes in metabolism,
muscle mass,and possibly weight.
There is a decrease in risk for diabetes,
improved HDL (or good) cholesterol, and
the digestive system relaxes.
epidemiological effects
There are also “hidden” benefits of exercise—
the epidemiological benefits.
For example, people who are
aerobically fit (and most do take vitamin
supplements) have increased immunity
from upper respiratory infections and
colds. Not only is there a decrease or
absence of colds, but when they occur
they last for a shorter period of time,
I have continued to study the physiological
effects of aerobic conditioning.
We have a large data repository at
The Cooper Institute called the Cooper
Center Longitudinal Study. There are
more than 100,000 people in this study,
and many have been coming to Cooper
Clinic annually for up to 40 years. As
a result, we have more than 1.2 million
person-years of follow-up on those
patients, which is the largest database
in the world with measured levels of
fitness having been correlated with
all-risk mortality and longevity.
The most significant study from this
data was published November 3, 1989, in
the Journal of the American Medical
Association. The article, entitled “Physical
Fitness and All-Cause Mortality,” from
The Cooper Institute clearly showed that
when sedentary men were compared to
moderately active men, the latter saw a
reduction in deaths from all causes by
58 percent and an increased life expectancy
of six years. Women showed the
same response moving up one block on
a five-block fitness scale—for example,
going from very poor to the poor
category on a scale
of very poor, poor, fair,
good, excellent, and
superior. In the top aerobic category of
fitness, the decrease in deaths from all
causes was 65 percent and increase in
longevity was nine years.
Other studies show that aerobic
exercise:
• Lowers the risk for stroke by 27 percent
• Reduces the incidence of diabetes by
approximately 50 percent
• Reduces the incidence of high blood
pressure by approximately 40 percent
• Can reduce mortality and the risk for
recurrent breast cancer by approximately
50 percent
• Can lower the risk for colon cancer by
more than 60 percent
• Can reduce the risk of developing
Alzheimer’s disease by approximately
40 percent
These results are due to physiological
changes to the body when it experiences
aerobic conditioning. There is a
long list of benefits (see the story to the
right) including the lungs, heart, and
cardiovascular system all working more
efficiently. You see changes in metabolism,
muscle mass,and possibly weight.
There is a decrease in risk for diabetes,
improved HDL (or good) cholesterol, and
the digestive system relaxes.
epidemiological effects
There are also “hidden” benefits of exercise—
the epidemiological benefits.
For example, people who are
aerobically fit (and most do take vitamin
supplements) have increased immunity
from upper respiratory infections and
colds. Not only is there a decrease or
absence of colds, but when they occur
they last for a shorter period of time,
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