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He recommended regular exercise to stay healthy(Image: Getty)<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cBecause thicker thighs are associated with better long-term health outcomes when it comes to your heart. So, the goal isn’t to be skinny, the goal is to be strong enough to live the life you want to for as long as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
He therefore recommended muscle-building exercises such as squats, walking, and using resistance bands. \u201cEvery bit of strength training is like putting money into your pension for your health and trust me, your future self will thank you for it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
In the study referenced by Dr Amir, authors wrote: \u201cLow thigh circumference seems to be associated with an increased risk of developing heart disease or premature death. The adverse effects of small thighs might be related to too little muscle mass in the region. The measure of thigh circumference might be a relevant anthropometric measure to help general practitioners in early identification of individuals at an increased risk of premature morbidity and mortality.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He recommended certain exercises to help increase your life expectancy Dr Amir Khan(Image: Dr Amir Khan\/Instagram) A doctor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[278],"tags":[17228,4211,18,539,39432,525,25436,61136,135,493,47364,14015,9226,1695,7005,19,876,17,28161,226152,2090],"class_list":["post-539704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-amir-khan","tag-british-medical-journal","tag-eire","tag-exercise","tag-exercise-equipment","tag-fitness","tag-fitness-and-health","tag-good-health","tag-health","tag-health-insurance","tag-healthy-life","tag-healthy-lifestyle","tag-healthy-living","tag-heart-disease","tag-hospitals","tag-ie","tag-instagram","tag-ireland","tag-life-expectancy","tag-on-instagram","tag-pensions"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116765031851230128","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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