| Some benefits of exercise
outlined by the CDC (Center for Disease Control) include:
• Helps people achieve and maintain a healthy body weight • Reduces feelings of depression and anxiety • Promotes psychological well-being and reduces feelings of stress • Helps build and maintain healthy bones, muscles, and joints • Helps older adults become stronger and better able to move about without falling or becoming excessively fatigued • Reduces the risk of developing coronary heart disease • Reduces the risk of stroke • Lowers both total blood cholesterol and triglycerides and increases high-density lipoproteins (HDL or the "good" cholesterol) • Lowers the risk of developing high blood pressure • Helps reduce blood pressure in people who already have hypertension • Lowers the risk of developing non-insulin-dependent (type 2) diabetes mellitus • Reduces the risk of developing colon cancer |
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