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Why Physical Fitness Is Essential to Living a Long, Healthy Life
One of the most essential things you can do to maintain good health is to incorporate physical fitness into your regular routine. Individuals who are at a healthy weight and who are physically active live seven years longer on average than individuals who are obese and aren’t active. Being active helps prevent or delay chronic diseases and illnesses linked with aging. Therefore, active adults maintain their independence and quality of life longer as they age.
Why Is Fitness Important?
The importance of fitness can’t be emphasized enough. Exercise or physical activity can enhance your health and decrease your risk of developing certain diseases, such as:
- Cancer
- Type 2 diabetes
- Cardiovascular disease
Exercise and being physically active can have both instant and long-term health benefits, too.
Benefits of Physical Fitness
In addition to helping decrease your risk of developing certain diseases, there are also a number of other benefits physical fitness provides.
Decreased Risk of Injury
Regular physical activity can decrease your risk of hurting yourself and make you more resilient to accidental injuries, particularly as you age. For instance, better balance and stronger muscles mean you have fewer chances of taking a fall. And, even if you do fall, having stronger bones means you’re not as likely to suffer bone injuries.
Physical activity and exercise help to increase things like:
Flexibility Muscle strength Stability Bone density
Mental Health Benefits
Research shows exercise can help with depression in several different ways, like:
- Distracting you from day-to-day worries and blocking negative thoughts
- Improving your sleep patterns and lifting your mood
- Providing you with more opportunities for social contact
- Changing levels of certain brain chemicals like endorphins, serotonin, and stress hormones
So, not only does getting active help you to be stronger and healthier, but it also benefits your mind, your stress levels, and can even help avoid depression.
Helping You Manage Your Weight
If you’re trying to establish or maintain a healthy weight, both physical activity and diet play an important role. They help you maintain a healthy body weight, lose extra body weight, or maintain successful weight loss. Weight gain occurs when you take in more calories through what you eat and drink than the number of calories you burn, including calories you burn through physical activity. You need to balance out your calories. With weight management, individuals greatly vary in how much physical activity they require. You might require more physical activity than other people to achieve or maintain a healthy weight. You should try to engage in a minimum of 150 minutes each week of moderate-intensity physical activity.
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