If you want to get healthy or stay healthy, there is one easy activity to add to your day walking. "Walking is the closest thing we have to a wonder drug,” says Thomas Friedman. Friedman is the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. And he is not alone in considering walking a great exercise. Health experts at the Mayo Clinic, the American Heart Association, the Arthritis Foundation, Harvard Medical School and many other health research groups agree. You may think that simply taking a walk is not enough to make a big difference. You might think that you need do something strenuous like running to stay healthy. Well, a new study says that is not true. It finds that walking may be as good for us as running. Running is a high-impact activity and can be hard on the body. So, many people cannot run. Walking, it seems, has all of the advantages and none of the disadvantages of running.
Title: Walking: The 'Wonder Drug'
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1891/walking.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Walking: The 'Wonder Drug'' data-article-id='2408'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10208'>If you want to get healthy or stay healthy, there is one easy activity to add to your day walking.</span> <span data-start-time='10208' data-end-time='17000'>"Walking is the closest thing we have to a wonder drug,” says Thomas Friedman. </span> <span data-start-time='17000' data-end-time='24979'>Friedman is the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='24979' data-end-time='30813'>And he is not alone in considering walking a great exercise.</span> <span data-start-time='30813' data-end-time='43250'>Health experts at the Mayo Clinic, the American Heart Association, the Arthritis Foundation, Harvard Medical School and many other health research groups agree.</span> <span data-start-time='43250' data-end-time='49979'>You may think that simply taking a walk is not enough to make a big difference.</span> <span data-start-time='49979' data-end-time='57104'>You might think that you need do something strenuous like running to stay healthy.</span> <span data-start-time='57104' data-end-time='62063'>Well, a new study says that is not true.</span> <span data-start-time='62063' data-end-time='67646'>It finds that walking may be as good for us as running.</span> <span data-start-time='67646' data-end-time='73917'>Running is a high-impact activity and can be hard on the body.</span> <span data-start-time='73917' data-end-time='77167'>So, many people cannot run.</span> <span data-start-time='77167' data-end-time='85063'>Walking, it seems, has all of the advantages and none of the disadvantages of running.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1891/walking.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=8729 data-hint-location='49979' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1891/what_does_strenuous_mean.m4a'>What does strenuous mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='requiring effort'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1891/requiring_effort.m4a'><span>requiring effort</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1891/making_a_difference.m4a'><span>making a difference</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1891/running.m4a'><span>running</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1891/taking_a_walk.m4a'><span>taking a walk</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=8730 data-hint-location='24979' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1891/what_is_considered_great_exercise.m4a'>What is considered great exercise?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='walking'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1891/biking.m4a'><span>biking</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1891/swimming_.m4a'><span>swimming </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1891/walking.m4a'><span>walking</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1891/running.m4a'><span>running</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=8731 data-hint-location='62063' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1891/walking_may_be__blank__running.m4a'>Walking may be <span class='blank'>as good as</span> running.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='as good as'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1891/harder_than.m4a'><span>harder than</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1891/as_good_as.m4a'><span>as good as</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1891/easier_than.m4a'><span>easier than</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1891/better_than.m4a'><span>better than</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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