Researchers examined the effect of brief bouts of exertion that happen in everyday life on heart health.
The benefits of these bursts of effort, which can also include walking quickly for the bus or going uphill, were more pronounced in women with about 1.5 to four minutes a day leading to "substantially lower risks" of heart attacks and heart failure.
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