HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? Everyone knows there are multiple benefits to getting exercise and staying physically active, regardless of age. A sedentary lifestyle carries numerous long term physical mental health risks such as obesity, heart and other types of cardiovascular diseases. It also poses mental adversities. For example, people who don’t get any exercise are at risk of developing depression symptoms. Unfortunately, research from the World Health Organization shows that almost a third of Australians don’t get enough exercise.