If you struggle to find the time or motivation for exercise , take heart from the finding, reported this month, that just one minute of vigorous activity a day could help you live longer.

The study, led by Professor Emmanuel Stamatakis of University of Sydney, which is awaiting peer review, looked at the impact of so-called VILPA (vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity) – where exercise is incidental and incorporated into your day to day life, such as stair climbing, carrying shopping, uphill walking, power walking or playing tag with your kids. “VILPA is a bit like applying the principles of High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) to your everyday life,” Stamatakis has previously said.

Using a large sample of over 3,000 American adults who reported doing no structured exerc

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