The lazy person’s guide to getting (a bit) fitter

The trouble with health warnings – the latest of which comes from the British Heart Foundation, suggesting that 20 million couch potatoes are risking an early death – is that they seem so abstract.Especially when you still have flashbacks to school sports day humiliation, or worry that the solitary pair of shorts in your wardrobe may no longer fit.It sounds obvious, but research shows that walking can reduce the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke and more.