Sedentary Lifestyle In Childhood Linked To Progressing Heart Enlargement, Light Activity Reverses Risk: Study

The researchers noted that an average of three to four hours per day of light physical activity during the follow-up period reduced the increase in heart mass by 49%. (Credit: Image by Freepik)

A sedentary lifestyle in childhood increases the risk of progressing left ventricular hypertrophy, a heart enlargement condition that raises the likelihood of heart attacks, stroke, and premature death in adulthood, a study revealed.

To reverse the risk of increasing heart mass and size, light physical activity every day, for just three to four hours could help, according to the latest study from the research team involving researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Exeter in England and the University of Eastern Finland.