Your diet should be visible through your belly.
30 to 60 minutes of moderate physical activity per day will improve your health and help you regulate your weight. Physical exercise and sport stimulate muscle building and increase calorie consumption. Exercise thus helps to regulate body weight. Regular physical activity lowers the risk of cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, stroke, type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, breast/colon cancer and depression and is good for bone health.
Both overweight and underweight are unfavourable for the body:
- Obesity puts a strain on the circulation, the musculoskeletal system and the metabolism. The consequences can be B. be disc and joint damage. In addition, the risk of comorbidities such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, gout, high blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases increases.
- Being underweight can also be linked to health problems. If the food intake is too low, deficiency symptoms can occur over time. The result: reduced performance, fatigue, irritability and even health disorders such as cardiovascular problems.
Tips
In everyday life there are many ways to increase physical activity, e.g. B .:
- Climb stairs instead of taking an elevator or escalator,
- Go shopping on foot,
- use public transport and get off one stop earlier,
- go by bike instead of by car, bus or train.
With the so-called BMI (body mass index) you can classify your weight. The BMI calculator will help you.
sustainability
Walking or cycling is the greener alternative to driving a car.
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