Should you take a longer, slower walk or a faster, brisker walk to get the best results? Any exercise is beneficial, but new research finds that for people in cardiac rehabilitation who are overweight, longer but slower walks are better for losing weight and improving heart health than shorter, brisker walks. Frequent long, slow walks — 45 minutes to 60 minutes a day at a moderate pace, five to six days a week — were found to burn more calories, improve cardiac function, reduce we ...

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