Essay On Regular Exercise

The effects of regular exercise on:

Obesity

One of the most noticeable disabilities that obesity causes is a reduced exercise tolerance. Severely obese people are not able to perform the exercise which would bring them much needed benefits. In some cases exercise can reduce an obese person’s voluntary food intake, or cause a prolonged elevation of their metabolic rate. Physical activity can reduce the effects of the “fat mass” and “obesity” gene in adults. A study shows that the obesity causing effects of the obesity gene are weakened by 30 percent when adults are physically active .In terms of your health, regular exercise does lead to weight loss, promotes a healthy body image, and decreases the risk of developing certain chronic health problems later in life.

Heart Disease

The stronger the heart is, the more blood it is able to pump through the body with every beat and continue working at maximum level with less strain. A person who exercises often daily has the lowest risk for heart disease but any amount of exercise is beneficial to a person. Eating a healthy diet with regular exercise is the best way to prevent heart disease and to reverse some risk factors. Regular exercise also helps to keep your arteries and other blood vessels flexible which ensures good blood flow and normal blood pressure. Even those with heart failure were found to benefit from exercise, which increases the heart's ability to pump blood over time and it improves your quality of life. In 15 controlled trials which were done in the USA, exercise training was found to increase peak cardiac output by over 20 percent. If you are physically active and you eat a healthy diet you will increase your life span, regardless of any adverse or a multitude of chronic health problems including many forms of cardiovascular