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10,000 Steps
Starting from the first day of June, I took up the 10,000 Steps Challenge. A few quick facts 8,000 deaths per year are attributable to physical inactivity 65% of males and 74% of females are not sufficiently active for health benefits 52% of Australian women and 67% of Australian men are overweight or obese For …
Any exercise is better than none
Virtually any exercise is better than no exercise at all. If you don’t exercise, you build dangerous visceral fat — fat that shows up in your abdomen and surrounds your vital organs including your liver, heart and muscles and is linked to heart disease, diabetes and stroke, among many other chronic diseases. So no matter …
Post Menopause exercise is vital
I received a press release (‘Pressemitteilungen’: Isn’t German wondrous?) from the Helmholtz Association this week telling us something we know, or should know, but it’s good to see research on post-menopausal exercise. Women who remain physically active after the menopause can reduce their risk of developing breast cancer by as much as one third. I’m …
