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No more excuses EXERCISE WORKS!
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No more excuses EXERCISE WORKS!
Wednesday 22 November 2017, 05:50 PM

Reducing your inactivity is good, doing anything is better than doing nothing, and more is better
Everyone accepts that being physically active is important, but a large number of us don’t exercise enough to get any health benefits. Virginia McMillan talks to the experts about what we have to gain from upping our activity – and what we have to lose if we don’t
Human beings were meant to run and walk. We are the running apes.
Ministry of Health chief science advisor John Potter says he borrowed that phrase
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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