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| Exercise and Fitness |
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|  Exercise: 7 benefits of regular physical activity
Exercise is good for you. From preventing heart disease and type 2 diabetes to managing weight and stress to maintaining fitness, regular physical activity helps extend life and improve its quality.
Want to feel better, have more energy and live longer? Look no further than regular, old-fashioned, sweat-inducing exercise. By introducing a moderate amount of exercise into your daily life, you can significantly improve your overall health, well-being and quality of life. And the health benefits of exercise can be achieved by virtually everyone, regardless of age, sex, race or physical ability.
The strength and endurance gains of regular exercise make daily tasks — such as grocery shopping or doing yard work — much easier on your body. Exercise promotes psychological benefits, too. If you look and feel better about yourself, you'll be more confident and have greater self-esteem. Another plus is a longer life expectancy. You not only might live longer if you exercise regularly, but also might live more years independently and with a better quality of life.
The merits of exercise — ranging from preventing chronic health conditions to boosting your confidence and self-esteem — are hard to ignore:
1. Strengthen your cardiovascular and respiratory systems
2. Keep bones and muscles strong
3. Manage your weight
4. Prevent and manage diabetes
5. Ease depression and manage pain and stress
6. Reduce your risk of certain types of cancer
7. Sleep better
(Information from: www.mayoclinic.com/health/exercise)
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