If you could take you a drug to reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke by 35%, diabetes by 50%, some cancers by up to 50%, early death by 33%, depression by 30% and much more, would you take it? 

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Movement is that drug. 

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What counts?

You don't have to be an inspiring athlete or join a formal exercise class or gym to reap the benefits of movement.  It's called non-exercise activity thermogenesis, or NEAT, and it can have quite an impact on our metabolic rates. 

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The benefits of getting moving are greatest for those who are currently the least active as the gains per additional minute of activity are proportionately greater.

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Any active time counts: household chores, walking to the shops/walking the dog, gardening, joining a social event where there's dancing (or putting on some music at home and have a jig about), playing a musical instrument or singing, washing your car by hand, have a meeting standing up, taking the stairs instead of the lift or escalators, cooking (especially whipping egg whites with a manual whisk!), doing some stretches while watching TV, playing in the park, DIY.​​​

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