Is your job inactive, do you have long periods of not moving and is your life becoming sedentary? The sedentary lifestyle is now becoming one of the fastest-growing health concerns that you face.

Weight gain is well documented as a risk factor to your health and the sedentary lifestyle or lack of movement of the body has become very impactive. We must consider the energy balance here and so this becomes the greatest challenge you face as you simply do not burn off the energy you consume.

Having increased awareness of the consequences of your surroundings and a pinpoint focus point of view on what you can do to make small but simple changes to improve your health. So how do you become active in all of this, well either at work or at home here are some tips that could well help you.

Set daily goals not just in movement but in food choices too, remember the higher the calories the more movement is required to balance out that energy surplus.

Top tips to increase movement

• Aim for 10k steps a day and move at every opportunity.
• Every time you leave your desk walk a longer way to speak to a colleague, make the tea or use the toilet. Get those steps in
• Use the stairs at every chance, make a new route to the office that incorporates stairs.
• Fit 10-minute brisk walks into your day either during a snack or lunch break.
• Arrive to work 10 minutes early and have that brisk walk before you start.
• Park your car further away from the office to increase some walking.
• Set office challenges for all to focus on movement and getting up from your desk.
• The use of an exercise resistance band at your desk can help increase movement, mobility and strength even levels of focus, motivation and concentration.

It is all about increasing energy expenditure, it is the small changes that can make all the difference, every little counts.