Exercise and mental health: Get moving to get your brain going

Exercising can help improve our cognitive abilities and our mental health

How does exercise impact our brains? And what type of physical activity should we be doing to stimulate our minds?

A new study suggests that weekend bouts of exercise may be just as good for you as working out during the week when it comes to slowing down mental decline.

The study examined two sets of survey data from the Mexico City Prospective Study and found that the risk of “mild dementia” was reduced by an average of 15% in the 'weekend warriors' — who exercised once or twice per week — and by 10% in the 'regularly active' — who exercised more often.