Men Need to Exercise More Than Women to Lower Heart Disease. Here's Why.

Exercise is like medicine for the heart, and just like with medication, you need the right "dose" for it to be effective. But a recent study suggests that the dose might not be the same for everyone.

Researchers found that men need roughly twice as much exercise as women to see the same reduction in their heart disease risk .

This recent study asked over 85,000 UK adults aged 37-73 to wear an accelerometer (a device that measures body movement and activity levels) on their wrist for seven days. They then tracked each participant's health outcomes for just under eight years.

The results are eye-opening.

Women who did roughly four hours of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week – activities, such as brisk walking, jogging, cycling or dancing, which raise your breathing and h