Adults, children must move more to stay fit in pandemic era - WHO

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* Adults advised to do 150-300 minutes exercise per week* Older adults urged to strengthen muscles, work on balance GENEVA - All adults should do a minimum of 150 minutes of vigorous physical activ

ity per week, even more vital for well-being and mental health in the COVID-19 era, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday in its first guidance in a decade.

"Increasing physical activity not only helps prevent and manage heart disease, type-2 diabetes and cancer, it also reduces symptoms of depression and anxiety, reduces cognitive decline including Alzheimer's and improves memory," Ruediger Krech, WHO director for health promotion, told a news briefing.

"Phone a friend and do classes online together, help your family members, do it as a family. And when you can, get outside," she said.

 

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