An important aspect of achieving optimal health and maintaining a healthy cardiovascular system is by adopting an active lifestyle. Studies have shown that obesity in adults and children continues to climb, infact, 65% of adults are obese or overweight.
An active lifestyle that incorporates regular exercise does wonders for body. Moderate exercise, such as brisk walking, for as little as 30 minutes a day has the proven health benefits such as:
- Improves blood circulation, which reduces the risk of heart disease
- Keeps weight under control
- Improves blood cholesterol levels
- Prevents and manages high blood pressure
- Prevents bone loss
- Boosts energy level
- Helps manage stress
- Promotes enthusiasm and optimism
- Improves self-image
- Increases muscle strength, increasing the ability to do other physical activities
- Reduces coronary heart disease in women by 30-40 percent
- Reduces risk of stroke by 20 percent in moderately active people and by 27 percent in highly active ones
- Establishes good heart-healthy habits in children and counters the conditions (obesity, high blood pressure, poor cholesterol levels, poor lifestyle habits, etc.) that lead to heart attack and stroke later in life
- Helps delay or prevent chronic illnesses and diseases associated with aging and maintains quality of life and independence longer for seniors
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