The Danish Health Authority has updated its recommendations on physical activity! 

“Physical activity promotes mental health and well-being, slows cognitive decline, and reduces the risk of becoming overweight. Furthermore, physical activity prevents premature death, the development of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and a number of cancers, including colorectal and breast cancer, as well as mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression.”–sst.dk

This is how the Danish Health Authority begins its recommendations on physical activity. There are therefore countless good reasons to stay physically active! What’s new, however, is that the Danish Health Authority has updated its recommendations to include the advice that you should also engage in physical activity that strengthens your muscles twice a week!

Physical activity in the workplace

It is important here that physical activity should help build stronger muscles and bones, just as it should help increase muscle mass so that the body can function at its best.
Furthermore, it has been explicitly stated that one should try to limit the amount of time spent sitting still. Spending too much time sitting still, for example at work, can therefore have a negative impact on health and well-being. If you have a job where most of your time is spent in an office in front of a computer, it may therefore be beneficial to try to move around during the day. This way, you can vary the time you spend sitting still and moving.

Here, you can actively work on incorporating exercise during breaks, holding "walk-and-talk" meetings, and, of course, remembering to use your sit-stand desk to mix things up. Check out our blog on exercise in the workplace and find inspiration on how to be more active in your daily routine—see also the overview of the new recommendations from the Danish Health Authority below.

Recommendations from the Danish Health Authority

• Get at least 30 minutes of exercise a day, enough to make you slightly out of breath—and sometimes even quite out of breath.
• Do activities that strengthen your muscles at least twice a week.
• Limit the amount of time you spend sitting still.

PDF containing the Danish Health Authority's recommendations

If you’re interested in promoting physical activity in the workplace, don’t hesitate to contact Acture today.

Source: https://www.sst.dk/da/viden/Forebyggelse/Fysisk-aktivitet/Anbefalinger-om-fysisk-aktivitet/Voksne-under-65-aar