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Exercising outdoors 'can cut death rates by 60%'

Exercising for half an hour a day, three times a week can dramatically cut the risk of death.

Activities like rowing or jogging can make patients 60 per cent less likely to die, the US-based research has found.

The British Heart Foundation has welcomed the study, which was carried out by the Department of Cardiology in New Orleans and reported in the American Journal of Medicine.

Patients were offered 12 weeks of exercise classes which featured 30 or 40 minutes of walking, rowing or jogging and were given advice on diet and lifestyle improvements.

A follow-up with the patients over six years found those who got fitter through the exercise regime were 60 per cent less likely to have died.

One in five men and one in seven women die from heart disease in the UK.

A new study by the US-based Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group based on ten years' worth of data, found that people who stuck to a healthy diet and consistent exercise over a decade cut their risk of diabetes by 34 per cent.