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Adult Benefits
HE A LTH EDUC A TION H E A L T H 1 0 0 V E R S I O N 3 / Health Benefits Associated
"Health Benefits Associated with Regular Physical Activity in Adults and Older Adults include lower risk of early death, coronary heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, adverse blood lipid profile, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, colon cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, endometrial cancer, and hip fracture. Benefits also include prevention of weight gain, weight loss particularly when combined with reduced calorie intake, improved cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness, prevention of falls, reduced depression, better cognitive function and functional health for older adults, reduced abdominal obesity, weight maintenance after weight loss, increased bone density, and improved sleep quality."
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