Expert says exercise should be stepped up - UPI

British researchers say the public may be getting the wrong message about exercise -- believing that moderate exercise is sufficient.

The study, published in Preventive Medicine, finds 56 percent of men and 71 percent of women believe moderate activities -- like walking -- best promote health.

Study lead author Gary O’Donovan, exercise physiologist at the University of Exeter says Britain's department of health guidelines that recommend moderate exercise since l995 should be changed to vigorous activity....