[mooreds]

Actually, that's how the article ends, and is the general guidance from the WHO (as linked from the article: https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/25/health/world-health-organizat... )

But the article itself talks about how if you move as much as the top quartile, the study predicts gains of years on your life (5-11).

"Total activity levels in the lowest quartile were equivalent to walking for 49 minutes at roughly 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) per hour daily. Total activity levels in the second-, third- and fourth-highest quartiles were equivalent to 78, 105 and 160 minutes, respectively."

That's 160 minutes of physical activity daily, which includes things like walking to a store or up stairs, not just vigorous exercise as the WHO guidelines recommend.