Is exercise actually beneficial?

Is exercise actually beneficial?

When people age, losing brain function is major concern. People are increasingly trying to prevent the loss of cognitive impairment as it becomes a major concern. An increase in physical activity has been associated with many benefits, now becoming an important prevention target for dementia and decrease in brain function.

To put this to a test, different age groups aged 18-79 participated in a study to examine the associations between exercise and cognitive function. Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between exercise and brain function in two main cognitive domains (executive function and memory) were examined and whether or not age span makes a difference. Results from this and prospective studies have shown positive effects on brain function and dementia risk when it comes to an increase of physical activity. When higher levels of physical exercise existed, there was better executive function and memory among all different ages.

“Exercise is good for you” is something you hear pretty often, but it’s hard to just balance extracurricular activities, exercise and academics. It’s good to know that exercise is actually proven to be beneficial to your body and let’s you live out a longer life. What you do to your body and what you put in it definitely has a large impact on your life. Exercise does not only slow the loss of cognitive impairment, but it also has a lot of benefits shown in the image on the right. If you want access to these benefits, start any sort of physical activity now.

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