Finishing daily chores may add years to your life: study

Los Angeles, Nov 19 (PTI) Completing your daily "to do" list of chores and errands could provide a variety of health benefits and even help you live longer, a study has found.
The study, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, found that women over age 65 who engaged in regular light physical activity had a reduction in the risk of mortality.
"A lot of what we do on a daily basis is improving our health, such as walking to the mail box, strolling around the neighbourhood, folding clothes and straightening up the house," said Andrea LaCroix, from University of California San Diego in the US.
"Activities like these account for more than 55 per cent of how older individuals get their daily activity," said LaCroix.
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