The New York Times (5/24, Parker-Pope) "Well" blog reports that, "for people in midlife," the amount of time it takes to run one mile "may help predict their risk of heart problems as they age." In two different studies, one published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and the other published in Circulation, "researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and the Cooper Institute in Dallas analyzed fitness levels for more than 66,000 people" Altogether, "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.
Posted by Steven Almany, MD
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