Why exercise is important?

Best physical activity options

Walk up and down stairs.

Do some stretching.

More activities improve your sleep which is important for good health.

Dance to music for a few minutes.

Watch your body posture

Check your sitting posture while working from home.

Break up your sitting and stand up while working or watching TV.

Reduce long periods spent sitting using active breaks every 30 minutes

Take to skipping rope

Try online exercise classes

Dance to music

Spiritual sessions for the mind

Do yoga exercises

Carry on meditation

Do breathing exercise

NEW DELHI: Thanks to work from home, for every non-burning of 7,500 calories, you tend to gain one kg in weight. As there is every chance the lockdown might leave you overweight, here are WHO guidelines on how to #BeActive.Stay active as much as you can for healthy body, mind and spirit. Healthy adults should do 30 minutes of physical activity daily. Children should be physically active for at least 60 minutes a day.According to WHO, insufficient physical activity is one of the leading risk factors for death. It is also a key risk factor for non-communicable diseases like cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes. One in four adults is not active enough while more than 80% of adolescents are insufficiently physically active.