Combatting inactivity: How office workers can take care of their health
Embrace movement—stand, walk, and break free from the chains of inertia for a healthier tomorrow.
Embrace movement—stand, walk, and break free from the chains of inertia for a healthier tomorrow.
One of the conundrums of modern life is that we live longer due to better lifestyles, medical advancements etc. This is almost universally celebrated.
We know that in business if you can’t measure something, you can’t manage it. Thanks to wearables, it’s now the same for our persons.
Dr Jeanne-Marie Malan says that long Covid is “very real” and has seen countless patients suffering from prolonged fatigue and ‘brain fog’.
Prof Peter Herbert from the Centre for Health and Ageing revealed that his research proved it possible to reduce your biological age through exercise.
”If you wait until a major stressor hits to try and bolster your mental health, it’s like trying to inflate your life raft while you are already drowning’.
Deepak Patel cites the importance of exercise for people in the 65 plus age group, and we find out what Discovery is doing to encourage it.
South Africa’s Supplementary Budget quantifies the cost to taxpayers of the pandemic at a net R341bn – we’ll examine the why, what and where to from here.
The Wall Street Journal writes that walking is the movement that we have evolved for and “that movement through the world changes the dynamics of the brain itself”.
Total deaths from Covid-19 had risen above 116,000 Sunday, with the US now the hardest hit nation with almost 23,000 mortalities.