Get Moving - Exercise & Physical Activity

Exercise has become fashionable in recent times. Fortunately, it is also healthy.

The considerable decrease in the incidence of heart disease in the last decade is attributable in great measure to the shift towards a more physically active lifestyle. Walking, cycling, jogging, aerobics and other forms of physical exercise have changed the profile of the urban dweller from one of a sedentary middle-aged couch-potato to a more outdoors-man type. And this has brought along with it some associated health benefits.

Goals for Physical Activity

The goal in primary prevention is to increase a person's amount of physical exercise, to a regular level of 30 minutes a day for 3 to 4 days every week, in the absence of any other limiting factors. It is important that the activity be regular and sustained, rather than a very energetic, but shortlived attempt at exercising.