Our bodies were not designed to be sitting at a desk - the mental benefits of walking

From toddlers to OAPs, everyone will feel the mental benefits of walking — our bodies were not designed to be sitting at a desk for 8 hours a day, writes Dan MacCarthy.

You know the feeling of elation you can get after striding along the beach or stepping it out into town? That’s not just the feelgood factor you get from the walk but is the result of an incredibly complex array of brain cells working in harmony.