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Healthy physical activity habits
How much do you know about healthy physical activity habits? Find out by answering the following 10 questions. After submitting your answers, click on the link next to each question to find out more about the topic it refers to. This quiz is about adults. The Healthy Weight Guide has more information about physical activity for children and physical activity for teenagers.
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b. Colds and flu
c. Gastroenteritis
b. The risks of doing physical activity outweigh the benefits.
c. If you have a healthy diet, you don’t need to do any physical activity.
b. Start by doing some, and gradually build up to the recommended amount
c. Push yourself hard at the gym to get fit as quickly as possible
b. The equivalent of running a marathon every month
c. At least 150 to 300 minutes of moderate intensity or 75 to 150 minutes of vigorous intensity physical activity, or an equivalent combination of both, each week
b. Driving a car
c. Social tennis
b. Hanging out the washing
c. Jogging
b. No more than two hours at a time (of your non-working day)
c. Sit as much as you like as long as you’re physically active for an hour a day
b. Never, because it makes you look too bulky
c. At least twice a week
b. No
c. Yes, if you use them for at least 30 minutes every day
b. It’s necessary to do vigorous intensity physical activity every day for health benefits.
c. There’s no point doing physical activity unless it makes you feel tired.