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How can busy people also keep fit and healthy? Here’s what the ancient Greeks and Romans did

  • Written by: Konstantine Panegyres, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Melbourne
How can busy people also keep fit and healthy? Here’s what the ancient Greeks and Romans didMosaic at the Villa Romana del Casale near Piazza Armerina in Sicily.Wikimedia Commons

Many people today worry about how to find time to keep fit and healthy in the midst of their busy lives. Believe it or not, but this was also a problem in ancient times.

So, how did ancient people deal with it?

A universal problem

The physician Galen, who lived...

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