{"id":714,"date":"2018-09-25T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/painpuzzle.co.uk\/?p=714"},"modified":"2018-09-24T21:37:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T20:37:36","slug":"movement-is-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/painpuzzle.co.uk\/2018\/09\/movement-is-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Movement is medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"
Exercise, physical activity and movement are the best medicine <\/strong><\/p>\n Exercise is essential for physical and mental health and well-being. Physical inactivity causes as many deaths in the UK as smoking.<\/p>\n If you were offered a medicine with the following proven benefits would you take it?<\/p>\n Reduce your risk of dementia by 30%, heart disease 35%, type 2 diabetes 40%, colon cancer 30%, breast cancer 20%, depression 30%, hip fractures over 60%<\/p>\n Reduce your risk of low back pain, improve pain conditions, maintain weight loss.<\/p>\n Improve your mood and feel less tired.<\/p>\n Exercise has so many benefits for all ages, what could you do to be more active?<\/p>\n The target is 150 minutes per week and 2 strengthening sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Exercise, physical activity and movement are the best medicine Exercise is essential for physical and mental health and well-being. Physical inactivity causes as many deaths in the UK as smoking. If you were offered a medicine with the following proven benefits would you take it? Reduce your risk of dementia by 30%, heart disease 35%, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[17],"tags":[18,22],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/painpuzzle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/youth-570881_1280.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n