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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.

    Fitness, Healthwise Knowledge Base, PAMF.

    Benefits of Fitness, Healthwise Knowledge Base, PAMF.

    Preparing to Get Fit, Healthwise Knowledge Base, PAMF.

    Maintaining the Lifestyle, Healthwise Knowledge Base, PAMF.
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