Most teenage boys would prefer chilling out, playing video or computer games instead of going outside and exercising. Research has recently found that if young teenage boys are more physically active it can reduce the risk of heart attack later in life.
According to Medical News Today, the research team studied approximately 750,00 men that were a part of the Swedish armed forces between 1969 and 1964. They were all medically examined at the age of 18.
The examination included measuring blood pressure, weight, height and muscle strength of each man. It also took a measurement of each man’s aerobic fitness level and then separated them into five different groups from lowest to highest aerobic fitness.
Men who were in the lower aerobic fitness level were more likely to have had a heart attack in the 34 year follow up, according to MedPage Today. Regardless of aerobic fitness levels, obese men still had a higher rate of heart attack compared to thinner, fitter men.
Researchers wrote that their findings certainly suggested that aerobic fitness in a man’s teenage years definitely will reduce the risk of heart attack later in life.