Walk farther, faster in your seventies to live longer

Here’s a new study from researchers at Tufts to share over turkey if you’re looking to motivate older relatives. Even a  little walking goes a LONG way:

* Adults who walked at a pace faster than three miles per hour (mph) had a 50%, 53%, 50% lower risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke and total CVD, respectively, compared to those who walked at a pace of less than two mph.
* Those who walked an average of seven blocks per day or more had a 36%, 54% and 47% lower risk of CHD, stroke and total CVD, respectively, compared to those who walked up to five blocks per week.