Your Fitness Today Predicts Heart Disease 40 Years from Now

By Filed under Science and Other News on June 10, 2011 with 5 comments

In two separate studies, researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and the Cooper Institute in Dallas analyzed fitness levels for more than 66,000 people. Over all, the research showed that a person’s fitness level at midlife is a strong predictor of long-term heart health, proving just as reliable as traditional risk factors like cholesterol level or high blood pressure.

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  1. Ken says:
    June 10, 2011 at 4:28 pm

    These are very important studies. The results are sobering.

  2. Jeff says:
    June 10, 2011 at 4:39 pm

    I agree this is important. Also, the results are very intuitive.

  3. Buster says:
    June 10, 2011 at 4:46 pm

    That reminds me of Mickey Mantle’s famous quote…

    If I knew I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.

  4. Bruce says:
    June 10, 2011 at 4:47 pm

    People who are fit today are in better health tomorrow than peole who are not fit today. I’m supposed to be surprised by this result?

  5. Virginia says:
    June 10, 2011 at 11:32 pm

    I agree. Makes sense.