Video - 10 February 2022

Small steps, strong shield: study reveals regular exercise can prevent death from COVID-19 by up to 42%

New research from Discovery Vitality, produced in collaboration with researchers from Witwatersrand Sport and Health (WiSH) and University of Western Ontario Canada, which has been published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM), confirms that physical activity reduces severe COVID-19 outcomes.

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Study: Regular exercise can prevent death from COVID-19 by up to 42%

The British Journal of Sports Medicine has published a first-of-its-kind study on the impact of objectively-measured exercise on severe COVID-19 outcomes, produced by Discovery Vitality in collaboration with the University of the Witwatersrand Sport and Health Research Group (WiSH) and researchers from the University of Western Ontario in Canada.