Angela Munasque

What’s better at keeping the doctor away than an apple a day? Walking. Here are a few of its unsung benefits. You’ve probably heard the good news about frequent walking: less stress, lower blood pressure, and better blood sugar. But there are additional health benefits that don’t get as many headlines. “Walking is a highly underrated exercise,” says Layne Nordquist, C.P.T., an area director and master trainer at VASA Fitness in Denver.

Here’s how to assess your eating habits, adjust your attitude, and live more happily. Food plays a powerful role in our lives. We need it to survive, but it’s also center stage when we want to celebrate, soothe, or impress. Because it plays such a big role, it’s worth asking the question: Do you have a healthy, happy relationship with food? Or one that’s complicated, maybe even detrimental?

Get your heart rate up and build muscle with this two-for-one walking and strength workout. What’s better than a walking workout? A short, effective walking and strength workout that combines cardio and resistance training. Like the 30-minute walk with cardio intervals, this workout mixes periods of walking and breaks for other exercises to increase the intensity—and improve your results. With cardio intervals, you did aerobics-based bodyweight moves.