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    Fitness Has Many Benefits!

    Fitness doesn't just mean strong muscles. Being fit has many benefits:

    • A healthier heart
    • Healthier muscles bones, and joints
    • Less stress
    • More energy
    • Better sleep
    • Reduced depression and anxiety
    • Ability to think more clearly
    Fitness also helps lower your risk for certain medical problems. Some bad things that being fit can help prevent include:
    • Strokes
    • Heart attacks
    • Diabetes
    • High blood pressure
    • Obesity
    • Low back pain
    • Depression


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    By Derek Chan, College student writer


    Reviewed by the Web Content Committee of PAMF

    Sources

    Fitness, 4Girls Health. National Women's Health Information Center.

    Be a Fit Kid, Kidshealth.org.

    Body Mass Index, Kidshealth.org.
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