The surprising benefits of exercising in cold weather
(WorldNews Japan)

The World Health Organization (WHO) keeps tabs on every country´s HALE rating, which stands for `healthy life expectancy at birth.` HALE is a measure of how long the average citizen will live before disease or disability sets in. Worldwide, that average is about 63 years. But according to the WHO´s 2016 data, the residents of Japan know something the rest of us don´t; the average Japanese citizen will live without disability until age 75-nearly six years longer than the average American. A mixture of diet, DNA, and lifestyle factors likely combine to explain this. But cold-weather exercise may also be part of the equation. `Growing up in Tokyo, it was thought that winter training keeps you...