Walk for good health (24-Dec-2022)
Walking is considered good for health and is a low-cost activity. One has to wear comfortable clothes and step into a good pair of shoes. A cap fits in right if the sun is shining bright. For someone like me who walks on roads in Bangalore, even though in the quiet neighbourhood, a small hand-held baton helps to ward off any street dogs that typically move around in packs. A conscious effort to walk is the need of the hour given our modern-day sedentary lifestyle. Hours and hours at the desk on the computer, or in front of the television set watching the favorite channels are the triggers for obesity, diabetes, heart conditions, and other lifestyle diseases. An intervention in the form of conscious decision making with a high degree of commitment to staying physically active by an individual is the best way forward. Somnambulism – not a desired state of walking. In continued impaired consciousness, an individual when woken up from sleep may ...