LongevityArticle: "The Longevity Benefit of a Physically Demanding Job"

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Article: "The Longevity Benefit of a Physically Demanding Job"

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Check out this New York Times article which discusses a new study that have found that "men who had physically strenuous jobs lived, on average, about a year longer than those who were deskbound":  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/well ... ancer.html

Interestingly enough, "the studies found no associations between women’s occupational activities and longevity", but the new study's author hopes to look into this issue in future research.

The key takeaway from this article is to "assume “that all physical activity is beneficial, regardless of whether it’s performed during leisure, at work, at home or during transportation”.  

Yay for incidental exercise!   :D