Daily 'power walk' can halve heart attack risk

Walking every day can halve the chance of a risk or stroke - but only if you step up the pace - according to new research.

Intensity of exercise matters far more than duration, found Danish scientists who studied the health of 4,000 people for a decade.

Those who went on a fast walk daily were at half the chance of having a heart attack or stroke as those who didn’t. Jogging daily cut the odds by 40 per cent.

But those who said they walked for an hour at a leisurely pace had just the same risk as those who were largely inactive

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