text: Physical exercise is one of the core practices to maintaining healthy bodily functions and reducing the risk of disease. Not being active and sitting down for long periods of time can be detrimental to one's health; negatively affecting posture, muscles, and more. With recent and current generations being in school now more than ever, the risk of not being physically active enough goes up significantly. Taking classes from home can multiply this danger even further as walking from class to class and carrying books is not required. If an individual taking online virtual courses does not invest freetime to get the needed active hours, they're putting themselves at a greater risk for developing harmful conditions (such as diabetes) than students on campus who stimulate their muscles travelling to different locations, keeping them in shape. Additionally, academic insitutions often offer sports/physical education classes that help an invidual improve or maintain their fitness. Limiting oneself to a home environment can prevent an individual from being physically active, and in turn lead to harmful effects on health.