Latest Dan Buettner Quotes from Interviews

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• I think we need to think about our physical activity as a reward, as something enjoyable and something we look forward to doing, not something that we regard as self-flogging.

  Dan Buettner

  Thinking, Enjoyable

  Source: www.cbc.ca

• The gym and the treadmill is a good idea. But the problem is we spend so much effort in marketing messaging, deluding people into thinking if you get on your treadmill or you go to the gym, that's what you need. People who join a gym, the vast majority of them have quit within nine months and almost all of them have quit within two years. So if it's a longevity strategy, does not work.

  Dan Buettner

  Thinking, People, Effort

  Source: www.cbc.ca

• Actually, when you get into your sixties and above, you want to think about exercise differently. It's not just about you know cardiovascular or lifting weights. It's also about avoiding accidents.

  Dan Buettner

  Exercise, Thinking, Avoiding

  Source: www.cbc.ca

• The beauty of moving naturally, i.e. walking and gardening, is they're low impact. You're less likely to fall down and break a hip. Setting up your life so you're nudged into general physical activity every day is a strategy for your entire life from age 10 to 100.

  Dan Buettner

  Moving, Fall, Gardening

  Source: www.cbc.ca