Walk on... to reduce hip fractures
In a study of postmenopausal
women, those who walked
four or more hours per
week reduced their risk of
hip fracture by 41 percent,
compared with women who
walked less than one hour
per week. In fact, for every
additional hour per week
a woman walked, her risk
for hip fracture dropped by
another 6 percent.
Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 288, No. 18