Staying Active

In addition to eating high-quality foods, physical activity can help you reach and maintain a healthy weight.

• Getting regular physical activity is one of the best things you can do for your health. It lowers the risk of heart disease, diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, and certain cancers, and it can also help control stress, improve sleep, boost mood, keep weight in check, and reduce the risk of falling and improve cognitive function in older adults.

• It doesn’t take marathon training to see real health gains. A 30-minute brisk walk on five days of the week is all most people need. Getting any amount of exercise is better than none.
• Being a “couch potato” may be harmful even for people who get regular exercise. [1-3]

Regular physical activity helps the body function better – it keeps heart disease, diabetes, and a host of other diseases at bay, and is a key component for losing weight.

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/staying-active/