The benefits of physical activity to keep you healthy have been known for eons. Hippocrates wrote about the dangers of too little activity (and too much food). Tai chi, an exercise system of graceful movements that originated in China, dates from the 12th Century, and the roots of yoga, in India, go back much further. Today these are all activities that, thankfully, are growing in popularity. And for good reason.
Modern researchers have managed to capture the benefits in countless research studies, to prove the science, and to warn of the dangers of ignoring this critical activity. In 2009, US exercise scientist Dr Steve Blair wrote in the British Journal of Sports Medicine that “physical inactivity is the biggest public health problem of the 21st Century”.
Indeed, over 50% of the current health status can be attributed to unhealthy behaviors, with smoking, diet and physical inactivity being the main contributors. But on
