Saturday, November 24, 2012

Need another reason to work out? Muscle Building May Help Teens Avoid Early Death

http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/ExerciseFitness/36088


Muscle Building May Help Teens Avoid Early Death




Adolescents with high muscular strength had a lower risk of a premature death by age 55 or younger, researchers found.
Participants who scored the highest on knee extension and hand grip strength tests had a near 20% reduction in rates of all-cause mortality (95% CI 0.74 to 0.88), a 35% reduction in cardiovascular disease death, and 20% to 30% lower risks of death by suicide, according to Finn Rasmussen, PhD, of the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, and colleagues.
Stronger teens were also significantly less likely to have any psychiatric diagnosis -- including schizophrenia and mood disorders -- at follow-up, they reported online in BMJ.


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