You were accusing someone of being "sensationalist" when they were in fact reflecting the views of the WHO.
I don't think Steve was saying that. He said people that don't exercise. Activity is a different thing. The people doing fine are probably active in their normal daily lives. My Gran lived well into her 90s. She ran a post office and was on her feet all day and still behind the counter in her 90s. My aunt was a Nun in Ireland, died peacefully at 95. Her duties were to cook and feed the homeless. Up at 5 every day to look after them plus all the singing and praying. Never stopped. Again still doing this in her 90s. But no exercise just got on with the day. You don't need to cycle or run etc. Hence cycling is not particularly life saving. Especially if you do an hour then sit on your arris for the rest of the day.
I see the point you're trying to make but I believe if you do run/cycle regularly you'll have more resistance to heart disease and cancers etc than just having a busy day on your feet.
I don't agree but it's our perogative. Much of good health is what you eat so a busy life with good food is an essential IMO. It's a fine line in so called exercise. Too much of it and you can have joint damage and a decreased immune system. Look at nature. It's usually the slow moving lanquid creatures that are long lived. Elephants, Tortoise, whales, Turtles. The frenetic ones, Big cats, Squirrels, Dogs, Flies. Don't last long.
I don't know... there is something floating around in the back of my head about heart beats and animal size from doing biology at school though I'm sure 20 (cough) years later things have moved on from then. Not saying that an individual could change their heartbeat just something was linked?
There's an argument to that. Exercise reduces your resting heartbeat, so a fit person will have fewer heartbeats per year than an unfit one.
I don't think it's odd reasoning at all. Why would you say that? It's actually factual. The slow moving animals in general live longer. What is the longest living bird? The Albatross. The one that spends it's life floating on thermals rather than flapping like crazy. Think about it. Plus my cat is pretty frenetic when it wants to be. As I said, my opinion. Which I think I'm still entitled to last time I looked.
You questioned someone saying that exercise is lifesaving for the uk population on the basis that you know people who don't seem to need it. I also knew many lifelong smokers. None of them had lung cancer. That does not prove anything.
fair point in a way.
But it doesn't initiate the spending decision?
