Exercise

This video is a 4-minute summary of the Determinants of Health! Determinants are factors that can influence a person’s health. While the focus of health interventions has typically been, who people are and what they do, the conditions in which they are born, grow, live, work and age are critically important in determining the health […]

It’s important for your health and well-being to be physically active. Sometimes getting started is the hardest part of about being physically active. The important thing is to find activities you like to do, so that you’ll stick with them. This video can help you understand how much activity you need to do on a […]

Regular physical activity can produce long term health benefits by reducing your risk of many health conditions, such as heart disease and diabetes. It can also increase your chances of living longer, help you control your weight, and even help you sleep better. For physical activity to provide health benefits, it requires a moderate or […]

Dr. Michael Joyner, a Mayo Clinic anesthesiologist, shares the many benefits of exercise. This interview originally aired April 21, 2018.

Why does physical activity matter? Regular physical activity can produce long term health benefits by reducing your risk of many health conditions, such as heart disease and diabetes. It can also increase your chances of living longer, help you control your weight, and even help you sleep better. This video explains the Physical Activity Guidelines, […]

In his talk at The Center for Discovery’s conference at Google headquarters in Manhattan, Dr. John Ratey, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and bestselling author, highlights the incredible and sometimes surprising benefits of exercise. Exercise of all sorts helps regulate our emotions: raising our moods, lowering our anxiety, and making us […]

As we get older exercise is incredibly important to our overall health. Active older people talk about how physical activity has enhanced their lives and experts give their advice. Read the physical activity guidelines for older adults: http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/fitness/Pages/physical-activity-guidelines-for-older-adults.aspx