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Benefits of physical activity
  • Improves the function of your heart and lungs
  • Lowers your chances of heart disease by lowering blood pressure, cholesterol, body fat
  • (Including fat around the belly and sugar levels - improving diabetes)

  • It can help you lose weight and build muscle
  • Decreases your chances of illness and increases your life-span
  • Decreases stress and depression and improves your mood and feeling of wellbeing
  • Helps you to do daily tasks, especially if you are older
  • Helps you perform better at work, recreational and sport activities
  • Reduces your chances of falling and injuries from falls, especially if you are older
  • Helps you sleep better at night