Charities
By Community Correspondent Exeter is getting ready to put its best foot forward, with the city's first ever Walking Festival taking place from 12 to 20 September. Organised by Wellbeing Exeter, the nine-day festival will invite people to discover the city on foot, with everything from gentle
Jill Dando News
By Charlie, Jack, Max and Imogen (age 9 and 10), Good News Room at Ashcombe Primary School Ashcombe Primary School pupils are stepping up for the planet and their wellbeing by taking part in the national WOW Walk to School Challenge. This initiative encourages children to walk, wheel or scoot
Health,
By Health Correspondent An opinion piece written by Professor Eef Hogervorst from the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences for The Conversation: A new study suggests that even low levels of physical activity could protect the brain from Alzheimer’s disease – but not in the way scientists expected. The
Health,
By Health Correspondent In a prospective cohort study of more than 85,000 adults in the United Kingdom, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and University of Oxford found that individuals who engaged in light- and moderate-to-vigorous-intensity daily physical activity had a lower risk of
Mental Health
By Jill Dando News Who doesn’t feel stressed out with the modern pace of life and a turbulent world? Now its good news for staying calm in the middle of difficult times - it’s true that so-called ’Forest Bathing’, walking mindfully in the woods, is good for you.