The study involved more than 2,500 women. Researchers measured activity with bone health.
Here are three things to know:
1. The study revealed women who participated in stints of high-intensity, weight-bearing activity equivalent to a medium-paced jog experienced better bone health.
2. Specifically, those women who performed one to two minutes of high-intensity, weight-bearing exercise daily saw 4 percent better bone health.
3. Women who did high-intensity, weight-bearing exercise for more than two minutes daily had 6 percent better bone health.
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