Key Takeaways

Women get a bigger health boost from exercise than men

Women only need to exercise half as much as men to get similar benefits

Women experience a three-fold reduction in their risk of death from heart disease compared to men, with the same amount of exercise

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Women benefit much more from exercise than men, reaping many more gains with considerably less work, a new study reports.

With the same amount of exercise, women experience a three-fold reduction in their risk of death from heart disease compared to men, researchers reported Oct. 27 in Nature Cardiovascular Research .

These results show that “one-size-fits-all” exercise guidelines are misguided, in that they assume both sexes derive the same benefit from the same amo

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