Researchers have suggested tasks like dusting, scrubbing floors and washing the windows might help adults stay healthy into old age.

研究人员指出，打扫灰尘、拖地、擦窗等家务活可能有助于人们到老年以后保持身体健康。

Writing in the journal BMJ Open, a Singapore-based team of researchers said regular physical activity improves physical and mental health, mitigates the risks and effects of chronic diseases, and reduces falls, immobility, dependency and mortality among older adults”.

研究报告指出，常做体力活动可以"改善身心健康，减轻慢性病的风险和影响，降低老年人跌倒、卧床不起、失去独立生活能力和死亡的几率"。

该研究结果由一个新加坡研究团队发表在 英国医学杂志　上。

The study involved 249 participants aged 21-64 and 240 participants aged 65-90.

该研究涵盖了249名21至64岁的参与者和240名65至90岁的参与者。

Sit-to-stand times were lower for older adults reporting higher amounts of heavy housework, while they were also assessed as being at lower risk of having a fall.

相比很少做家务的老年人，做大量重度家务的老年人报告的从椅子上站起来的时间更短，与此同时评估显示他们跌倒的风险也更低。

Cognitive scores and attention scores were 8% and 14% higher, respectively, for older adults doing high amounts of heavy housework – on average 131 minutes a week – compared with low levels.

做大量重度家务(每周平均131分钟)的老年人认知功能和注意力得分比很少做家务的老年人分别高出8%和14%。

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