written by
Matthew Rensberry, MD MBA
on 2015-05-04
From Runner's World (May 2015):
- Burns more calories than walking
- You have to walk 50% further and twice as long to burn the same calories
- Running burns around 100 calories per mile
- Promotes joint and bone health
- Those who average >1.2mi/day are 18% less risk of OA and 35% less risk of hip replacement than nonrunners
- Fights Alzheimer's
- Runners who run >15.3mi/wk have 40% lower risk of Alzheimer's disease mortality
- Lowers cancer risk
- Runners have 76% lower kidney cancer risk
- Runners have 40% lower brain cancer risk
