Exercise is beneficial for healthy aging, but is high-intensity interval training better?

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Exercise is beneficial for healthy aging, but is high-intensity interval training better?

9 December 2020

Ngaire Kerse

Wednesday 9 December 2020, 12:10 AM

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Getting people moving is an important task in New Zealand

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Professor of general practice Ngaire Kerse reviews a recent study carried out in Norway into the effect of high-intensity interval training on mortality in older adults. She also questions what these results mean for New Zealanders

Key points Counsel patients on the benefits of exercise, particularly those with sedentary lifestyles. High-intensity interval training appear

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