2023-11-26 11:16:51
Physical activity is a fundamental aspect that helps prevent multiple diseases and conditions of the body throughout life. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines this action as any body movement produced by skeletal muscles, with the consequent consumption of energy.
“Physical activity refers to all movement, even during leisure time, to move to and from certain places, or as part of a person’s work,” indicates the health entity.
Walking helps you lose weight. | Photo: Getty Images
Apart from this, it also helps in maintaining healthy body weight and also improves mental health, quality of life and well-being.
However, despite the great benefits of physical activity, millions of people do not practice it regularly, which is why they often develop diseases that might have been avoided.
One of the most common excuses is the little time we have to exercise. However, there are many alternatives that exist to exercise the body: riding a bicycle, participating in recreational activities and playing sports, among others.
Walking, one of the best exercises
Taking a walk helps your health favorably | Photo: Royalty free
On the other hand, walking also activates cardiac circulation and helps control cholesterol and glucose levels in the blood. Likewise, it keeps blood pressure controlled and improves respiratory, intestinal and sexual functions, so its benefits are multiple.
If the main goal is to lose weight, the WHO recommends taking at least 15,000 steps every day, which is equivalent to regarding 11 kilometers, while to be healthy it indicates that it is necessary to walk 10,000 steps a day. It is important to indicate that the rhythm is essential, since this will determine the number of calories that are burned.
This exercise helps prevent different diseases. | Photo: BernardaSv
In addition to this, adding some hills to the route will also help burn more calories, something that will increase if you also go down and up stairs daily.
In addition to physical exercise, it is essential to highlight the importance of a good diet, which will greatly reduce the possible appearance of certain diseases, while benefiting mental health.
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