I recently came across this YouTube video featuring Dr. Mike Evans, a family physician and professor in Toronto who answers the question, “What is the single best thing we can do for our health” in a new and very engaging way. (Spoiler alert! It’s exercise.)
One of the main reasons we have a hard time keeping our New Year’s resolutions is that they quickly seem too overwhelming to tackle. With a simple little change in perspective, this video helps to bypass that roadblock. Somehow, thinking “I just have to limit my sitting and sleeping to 23 1/2 hours a day” seems so much easier than saying, “I have to find 30 minutes to exercise every day.”
Good luck!
John A. Vaughn, MD
Student Health Services
The Ohio State University