Staying in couch and being inactive for five days in a row can be harmful for your health, claims a new study.

He added that it results in weight gain and insulin resistance, which leads to Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Low physical activity is considered to be fewer than 5,000 steps a day, which is half the recommended amount for good health.
Researchers said that counting steps and daily physical activity was not a "defined exercise", like going to the gym.
However, Fadel said "negative consequences could be reversed and there was proof to indicate that at any stage of a disease and at any time in a person's life, they could get active and prolong their life."
Source-ANI