The Milk Producer - February 2012 - (Page 46)

THEBACKFORTY By Sharon Laidlaw Farming has its benefits A new worldwide study shows owning livestock and working on the farm is good for your heart .orking on the farm is hard were also asked if they owned goods televisions and computers, as well as work, but it also benefits your such as cars, motorcycles, stereos, land and livestock. health, according Researchers took into acto a new study. It shows owncount factors like age, sex, ing livestock and doing farm country, income, smoking, work can reduce your heart alcohol consumption, eduattack risk by more than 20 cation and diet. After makper cent. ing these adjustments, the A worldwide study, led researchers found leisure acby a Canadian researcher, tivities reduced heart attacks found people whose work by 13 per cent, while modinvolved light or moderate erate to strenuous exercise physical activity had a recut the risk by 24 per cent. duced heart attack risk comPeople who owned a car pared to those working in and television, both indicasedentary occupations. The tors of a sedentary lifestyle, findings come from the INhad a 27 per cent increased TERHEART study of more heart attack risk, compared than 24,000 people in 52 with those who owned neicountries, including Canada. ther of those items. The study compared the “Staying physically fit work and leisure exercise throughout life may well be habits of just over 10,000 one of the easiest, cheapest people who had suffered and most effective ways to their first heart attack with avoid the coronary care unit,” more than 14,000 healthy the researchers conclude. people. They asked particiFeeding and milking pants whether their work Betsy may just be your best was mainly sedentary, bet for fending off a heart involved walking on the A worldwide study, led by a Canadian researcher, found attack after all. same level, lifting heavy people whose work involved light or moderate physical The study is published objects, or heavy physical activity had a reduced heart attack risk compared to those in the European Heart labour. The participants working in sedentary occupations. Journal. 46 | February 2012 | MilkPRODUCER W

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of The Milk Producer - February 2012

The Milk Producer - February 2012
Contents
Editor's Notes
DFO Chair's Message
Dairy Update
Industry Roundup
DFC Promotion
Research
Ruminations
Alternative Energy
Calf Health
Markets
New 'N' Noted
Back Forty

The Milk Producer - February 2012