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- Reduces the risk of heart disease by improving
blood circulation throughout the body
- Keeps weight under control
- Improves blood cholesterol levels
- Prevents and manages high blood pressure
- Prevents bone loss
- Boosts energy level
- Helps manage stress
- Releases tension
- Improves the ability to fall asleep quickly
and sleep well
- Improves self-image
- Counters anxiety and depression and increases
enthusiasm and optimism
- Increases muscle strength, increasing the ability
to do other physical activities
- Provides a way to share an activity with family
and friends
- Establishes good heart-healthy habits in children
and counters the conditions (obesity, high blood pressure, poor
cholesterol levels, poor lifestyle habits, etc.) that lead to
heart attack and stroke later in life
- In older people, helps delay or prevent chronic
illnesses and diseases associated with aging and maintains quality
of life and independence longer
Source:
American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=764
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