13 key benefits
moving helps to:
- keep your brain and body healthy at any age
- maintain your ability to perform everyday tasks with ease
- improve your self-esteem
- reduce the symptoms of depression and anxiety
- improve muscular and cardiorespiratory fitness
- improve bone and functional health
- reduce the risk of hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, various types of cancer (including breast cancer and colon cancer)
- reduce the risk of falls as well as hip or vertebral fractures
- balance energy levels
- maintain a healthy weight
- improve cognitive function
- form new neural pathways and synaptic connections in your brain
- promote better sleep