Women who exercise for 150 minutes a week will lower the risk of death significantly more than men who do the same. The researchers asked 412,413 U.S.
adults about their physical activity habits every few years from 1997 to 2019. Men on average have proportionally larger hearts, wider healthy airways, greater diffusing capacity of the lungs, and larger muscle fibers than women. "The beauty of this study is learning that women can get more out of each minute of moderate to vigorous activity than men," a study co-author said.