By not getting regular exercise, you raise your risk of:
- Obesity.
- Heart diseases, including coronary artery disease and heart attack.
- High blood pressure.
- High cholesterol.
- Stroke.
- Metabolic syndrome.
- Type 2 diabetes.
- Certain cancers, including colon, breast, and uterine cancers.
What are the long-term physical effects of continual exercise?
Being physically active can improve your brain health, help manage weight, reduce the risk of disease, strengthen bones and muscles, and improve your ability to do everyday activities. Adults who sit less and do any amount of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity gain some health benefits.
What are the long-term health risks reduced by exercise?
How can exercise improve a chronic condition?
- Arthritis. Exercise can ease pain, build muscle strength around joints and lessen joint stiffness.
- Asthma. Often, exercise can help control how often asthma attacks happen and how bad they are.
- Back pain.
- Cancer.
- Dementia.
- Depression and anxiety.
- Diabetes.
- Heart disease.
What are the risk factors for poor physical health?
Health risk behaviors including lack of physical activity, poor nutrition, tobacco use, and excessive alcohol consumption—are considered contributors in some way to illness and death from chronic disease.
What are 5 risks of physical inactivity?
A sedentary lifestyle increases all-cause mortality and the risks for cardiovascular diseases (CVD), diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension (HTN), and cancers (breast, colon, colorectal, endometrial, and epithelial ovarian cancer).
What happens if you neglect your physical health?
Low levels of physical inactivity are associated with chronic health problems such as Type 2 diabetes, dementia and osteoporosis. Your mental health can also be impacted by neglecting your physical health.