Physical activity health benefits

I could cite chapter and verse from the scientific literature to try to make a convincing argument for the health benefits of exercise. Just lifting the many volumes of books and journals would be a lot of exercise in itself. I ll spare you the details, but here are some of the benefits of regular physical activity. 

How much is enough Again, to see improvements in blood pressure, you d need to take a moderate to brisk walk for thirty minutes or so only three times a week. To achieve weight loss or to maintain your weight, increase that to five or six days weekly. To gain the most benefit for your health in general and your heart in particular, your goal would be to walk about fourteen miles a week or the equivalent in another physical activity. 

For most people, greater health benefits can be obtained by engaging in physical activity of more vigorous intensity or longer duration. 

We should make every effort in prescribing the appropriate diet and motivate every patient to become physically active. In a broad sense, regular physical activity is of paramount importance for every patient. It has short-term benefits and long-term dividends, both biologically and psychologically. The mission of every health care provider is to prolong life and improve the quality of life. 

Rehabilitation of humans with sensory-motor disability requires effective assistive systems that would allow their fast and maximal reintegration into the normal fife. The cost-benefit functions that humans with disability likely appreciate and optimize comprise elements, such as (1) the quality of life measured by reintegration into the social and work environments (2) reliability of the assistive system (3) energy rate and cost with respect to the one used for accompHshing the same task with alternative methods (4) disruption of normal activities when employing the assistive system (5) cosmetics (6) maintenance and (7) cost. The same elements are considered, but, in a different order by the developers of the rehabilitation technology, practitioners of physical medicine, and rehabilitation and health-care providers. 

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