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Importance of outdoor activity

  • Outdoor physical activity improves quality of life.
  • Outdoor physical activity extends longevity, protects against the development of CHD, stroke, hypertension, obesity, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, colon cancer, and depression.
  • Outdoor physical activity helps maintain full functioning and independence among the elderly.
  • Relationships between physical activity and improved health include:
    • A reduced oxygen demand at any given level of physical activity.
    • A reduced tendency for blood to form clots where arteries have narrowed.
    • An increased elasticity in the arteries.
    • Changes in the brain and brain chemistry that may improve mood and cognitive functioning.

Just some of the reason to get out there and Sweat in the nature.

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