Get Active and Be a Healthy Weight
Carolina Bond • October 29, 2019
As well as eating healthy, regular exercise may help reduce your risk of getting serious health conditions. It's also important for your overall health and wellbeing.
Being overweight or obese can lead to health conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, certain cancers, heart disease and stroke. Being underweight could also affect your health.
Maintaining a healthy body weight can protect you from a variety of illnesses. By assessing your body’s healthy weight and maintaining it as much as possible, you will be armed with an additional tool to stay in shape... and live longer! Reaching and maintaining a healthy weight can be beneficial to you in the long term. Below are some of the benefits of maintaining a healthy weight:
- Reducing the risk of heart disease
- Reducing the risk of stroke.
- Reducing the risks of developing some forms of cancer
- Controlling non-insulin dependent diabetes
- Relieving back and joint tension
- Increasing energy levels
- Optimizing the immune system
- Reducing the risks of osteoporosis
- Reducing infertility risks
- Reducing the risk of anaemia
- Having more self-esteem
- Increasing energy and welfare levels