How To Design and Lead an Active Life

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Sedentary living now kills more people than obesity. Scientists call activity "The Miracle Pill"—if you could turn incidental daily movement into a drug, it would be the most valuable pill in the world.

Most people know physical activity is good for us. And yet 1.5 billion people around the world are so inactive they are at greater risk of everything from heart disease to diabetes, cancer, arthritis and depression, even dementia.

How did we get here? Daily, constant activity was an integral part of humanity for millennia, but in just a few decades movement was virtually designed out of people’s lives, fetishised as chore—“exercise”—or a pursuit reserved for an elite athletic minority.

Public Health scientist Prof Harry Rutter and Guardian journalist Peter Walker are here to offer a template for change. Drawing on Harry’s experiences leading the English National Obesity Observatory and developing the WHO’s Global Action Plan on Physical Activity, and Peter’s experiences transforming his own life and health, they will deliver a walk-up call.

It’s never too late to start pursuing a physically active and healthy lifestyle. In this livestream event, you’ll discover how to banish your sedentary lifestyle for good.

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