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EXERCISE


A general decline in activity since the 1960’s is claimed to be one of the causes of disease and disability and is responsible for one in ten deaths in the UK.


Nick Cavill from Oxford University Department of Public Health says “we weren’t  built to sit in front of a computer, TV screen or steering wheel but remain hunter gathers designed to be physically active all day long. Whilst our minds are in the 21st century our bodies are still stuck in neolithic times”.


Frequent and regular physical exercise boosts the immune system and helps prevent certain ‘diseases of affluence’ such as coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes. It may also help prevent stress and depression.


On a recent BBC TV programme about obesity  Michael Mosley pointed out that while exercise  is good for mental health and fitness it is not an effective way of reducing weight.