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Health Benefits
Health Benefits
You can receive numerous benefits from regular physical activity.
Being physically active can:
- Lower risk of early death
- Lower risk of coronary heart disease
- Lower risk of stroke
- Lower risk of high blood pressure
- Lower risk of adverse blood lipid profile
- Lower risk of type 2 diabetes
- Lower risk of colon cancer
- Lower risk of breast cancer
- Prevent weight gain
- Reduce weight when combined with reduced calorie intake
- Improve cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness
- Prevent falls Reduce depression