Regular physical activity and maintaining a proper weight are essential to reducing your risk of disease and improving quality of life. While exercise added to caloric restriction can help overweight and obese people achieve minimally faster weight loss early on, physical activity also appears to be a very important treatment component for disease prevention, long-term health maintenance, and proper way to maintain a reduced body weight.

Exercise helps people look and feel good, fights the aging process, and can help prevent injuries. The ability of muscles and other tissues to utilize oxygen decreases naturally as we age, but exercise can slow the rate of loss. It improves heart health, reduces cholesterol and triglyceride levels, raise good cholesterol and can lover blood pressure.

Most physically fit individuals maintain their physical and mental well-being throughout their entire lives. Over the long term, they are less likely to develop heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, diabetes and many other diseases.

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Not only does physical activity promote the release of feel-good endorphins, staying physically active can also help improve circulation, keep your cardiovascular system functioning optimally, maintain lean body mass, and keep joints mobile.

Behavioral treatments that motivate therapeutic lifestyle changes can promote long-term success by helping people stay with the planned exercise program.