People who undertake regular moderate to vigorous activity have a more positive outlook on life
People who undertake regular moderate to vigorous activity have a more positive outlook on life according to a new Finnish study. Researchers at Kuopio University Hospital found that men who spent less than one hour a week doing moderate to vigorous leisure-time physical activity were 37 per cent more likely to report feeling hopeless than men who logged at least 2.5 hours weekly.
Lead author Dr. Maarit Valtonen also noted that the findings suggested that being active can help "ameliorate or protect against feelings of hopelessness", even if a person's fitness levels did not improve. Feeling hopeless, he said, has been linked to worse heart health and greater risk of dying.