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  2. Benefits of physical activity - Wikipedia

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    Physical exercise results in numerous health benefits and is an important tool to combat obesity and its co-morbidities, including cardiovascular diseases. Exercise prevents both the onset and development of cardiovascular disease and is an important therapeutic tool to improve outcomes for patients with cardiovascular disease.

  3. Exercise can boost your memory — and a new study says the ...

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    The researchers didn’t find a hard number for how much exercise is needed to get the brain benefits. “We just looked at when people did more physical activity than their usual,” Bloomberg says.

  4. Can kids work out at the gym? Experts reveal age limits ... - AOL

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    In addition to the benefits Dr. Hall points out, Liu says kids can benefit from resistance training through increased metabolic health, increased cardiovascular fitness, improved bone density ...

  5. Benefits of regular exercise: How working out can impact your ...

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    A 2024 study found that participants who met physical activity recommendations (accumulating at least 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity cardiovascular exercise or 75-minutes a week of ...

  6. Exercise physiology - Wikipedia

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    The effect of training on the body has been defined as the reaction to the adaptive responses of the body arising from exercise [3] or as "an elevation of metabolism produced by exercise". [4] Exercise physiologists study the effect of exercise on pathology, and the mechanisms by which exercise can reduce or reverse disease progression.

  7. Neurobiological effects of physical exercise - Wikipedia

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    Neuroimaging studies indicate that exercise may influence changes in brain structure and function. [94] Some investigations have linked low levels of aerobic fitness in children with impaired executive function when older as adults, but lack of selective attention, response inhibition, and interference control may also explain this outcome. [96]

  8. Canada Fitness Award Program - Wikipedia

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    The study results showed that by 1980 participants were receiving more awards because the fitness test was not as challenging to increasingly fit participants. [14] Fitness improvements were partly attributed to "increases in compulsory physical education programs in primary schools", and partly to familiarity with the fitness test [ 14 ] which ...

  9. Cardiorespiratory fitness - Wikipedia

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    Cardiorespiratory fitness can be increased by means of regular physical activity and exercise. The medical community agrees that regular physical activity plays an important role in reducing risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, and a variety of other morbid conditions.