The benefits of walking:
- Exercise is the miracle drug we’ve all been waiting for. It can reduce your risk of major illnesses, such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and cancer by up to 50% and lower your risk of early death by up to 30%. Best thing about it? You don’t need any special equipment to do it.
- To stay healthy, adults should try to be active daily and aim to achieve at least 150 minutes (about 30 minutes a day) of moderate activity over a week through a variety of activities.
- The easiest way to get moving is to make activity part of everyday life, like walking or cycling instead of using the car to get around. The more you do, the better, and healthier you’ll become.
The UCD campus has lots of options for walking routes, making it easy to be active throughout the day. See below for more details: