SHORT bursts of exercise, such as carrying heavy shopping or running for the bus, cut the risk of heart attack, a study shows.
Fewer than five minutes a day of such bursts were shown to have a big health impact, especially for women.
Women who averaged a daily 3.4 minutes of intense activity, but did no formal exercise, were 45 per cent less likely to have a heart attack, stroke or heart failure than those who did none.
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