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Researchers from Western Sydney University and the University of Sydney studied 48 thousand people without cardiovascular disease over a decade to determine how exercise affected their health outcomes.

The study, published in the , is the first to track the impact of dance on mortality from heart disease. It found those who participated in dancing听had 46 per cent lower risk of cardiovascular death over a decade compared to those who rarely or never danced.

These outcomes were achieved by people who were at least slightly out of breath or sweaty while dancing, but not for those whose dancing was at a light intensity.

鈥淭he Bee Gees said it best- you should be dancing,鈥� says lead author Associate Professor Dafna Merom, from the Western Sydney University School of Science and Health.

鈥淥ur study shows that dancing is one of the best ways to protect from cardiovascular disease death.鈥�

鈥淔or example, the study found that, compared to fast walking, dancing further reduced the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease by 21 per cent.鈥�

Senior author from the University of Sydney鈥檚 Charles Perkins Centre and School of Public Health said the social nature of dancing plays an important role.

鈥淲e should not underestimate the playful social interaction aspects of dancing which, when coupled with some more intense movement, can be a very powerful stress relief and heart health promoting pastime.鈥澨�

Associate Professor Merom said the health benefits could be due to the very physical nature of dance. 听

鈥淪ome styles of ballroom or folk dancing almost mimic the short bouts of vigorous intensity we see in interval training, and that we know has proven heart health benefits, so it is like exercise in disguise,鈥� said Associate Professor Merom.

鈥淔urthermore dancers are often dancers for life, so we don鈥檛 see the drop in and out as much as we do in regular exercise classes.鈥�

The study draws on data from 48,390 Great Britain residents recruited between 1994 and 2008.

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