A sedentary lifestyle is one of the 5 major risk factors (along with high blood pressure, high blood lipids/cholesterol, smoking, and obesity) for increasing risk of diabetes & Heart disease. Evidence from many scientific studies shows that reducing these risk factors decreases the chance of having diabetes or a heart attack or experiencing another cardiac event, such as a stroke, and reduces the possibility of bypass surgery or coronary angioplasty. Listen to the expert in this episode on Physical Exercise and Its benefits.