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No need to sign up for gym: even small movements have health benefits – research

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par Merling Phaswana, Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
Philippe Gradidge, Professor, University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa is facing an alarming increase in non-communicable diseases and related mortality. According to Statistics South Africa, deaths due to non-communicable diseases such as type 2 diabetes and hypertension increased by over 58% between 1997 and 2018.

The crisis of overweight and obesity in the country adds to the risk of these diseases. Nearly 40% of the adult population is overweight. Although physical…

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