Physical activity contributes to
weight loss/management in the following ways:
- Physical activity helps to increase
the total energy expenditure in a person which makes a good energy
balance in them by burning the excess calories and in helping lose
weight,
- Physical activity helps to decrease
fat that accumulates around the waist and also helps to decrease
the total body fat thereby decreasing abdominal obesity and
contributing to weight loss.
- Physical activities like eight
lifting, push-ups, and other muscle-strengthening activities helps
tp build muscle helps lose weight.
- Physical activity helps to reduces
depression and anxiety and this motivates people to follow the
exercise schedules regularly and lose weight.
Even if physical activity does not
lead to weight loss in obese individuals,it benefits them in the
following way:
- It reduces high blood pressure
associated with obese people.
- Reduces risk of strokes and other
heart diseases in obese people.
- Helps to control type 2
diabetes.
- Helps to prevent osteoporosis.