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Physical activity and mortality
Recommended physical activity and mortality: a round of golf a day keeps the doctor away
BMJ 2020; 370 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3167 (Published 12 August 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;370:m3167
- Conor O’Brien, consultant physician
- Sports Surgery Clinic, Santry, Dublin 9, Republic of Ireland
- drcob50{at}gmail.com
Mark Twain reputedly stated that golf was “a good walk spoilt.” Zhao and colleagues’ paper on the value of physical activity questions these words. It concludes that survival rates are best in populations that engage in both aerobic and muscle strengthening activities.1 Golf, therefore, is better described as a good walk enhanced: resistance activity and episodes of anaerobic activity …
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