Step 1 : Introduction to the question "5. The third tip can help you maintain a healthy body weight. What is this tip?"
...1. Conserve your energy; move only when necessary. 2. Drink eight liters of sweetened or diet soda every day. 3. Make exercise a routine part of your day. 4. Compact your meals into one large meal per day. Yes, Tip #3 is "Make exercise a routine part of your day." Most public health organizations recommend between 30 and 60 minutes of physical activity each day. The IOM recommends 60 minutes, but that includes counting normal physical activities such as cleaning your home. Some of Dr. Fineberg's suggestions: "If you take public transportation to work, get out a stop or two ahead, and walk. Use your bike. Get out of the elevator a floor or two below yours and walk up.... Walk if you have to go one or two flights up or down." He adds that using an inexpensive pedometer could help you set and monitor goals for walking, and may give a boost to your motivation. Remember that the second tip and this third tip "together help you achieve and maintain a healthful body weight." Now there's a definite motivation.
