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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Jane Kirby and Rebecca Thomas

Weekend workouts as good as daily exercise for keeping your mind sharp, study finds

Regular physical activity can help slow mental decline, new study suggests -

Weekend bouts of exercise may be just as good for you as working out during the week when it comes to slowing down mental decline, researchers say.

The findings, which come a month after another study found being a weekend exercise “warrior” cuts the risk of developing more than 200 diseases, found that exercising on just one or two days reduced the risk of “mild dementia” compared to more regular workouts.

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