"Exercise Lite" *

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend the following as a means of physical activity:

• "Accumulate 30 minutes or more of moderate-intensity physical activity over the course of most days of the week"

• Incorporating more activity into your daily routine can improve your health status
• Daily activities may include:
• walking stairs (instead of taking the elevator)
• gardening
• raking leaves
• dancing
• mall walking while shopping
• carrying a grocery basket rather than pushing a cart (when applicable)
• parking in the farthest parking spot and walking to the office or store
• carrying or pushing a golf bag instead of taking a cart while golfing
  

• Alternately, 30 minutes of activity may come from planned exercise or recreation*