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Health and fitness

Most people will admit that certain areas of their lifestyles could use improvement, but they often put these changes off, make excuses, or can't find the time to do something about them. The problem arises when these areas are ignored too long. Studies show that unhealthy lifestyle habits play a major role and severe illnesses. In the process of trying to build a successful career, raise a family a lot of people overlook their vital needs to relax, eat sensibly, and find time to exercise regularly. Today people use cars to get to any desired destination. Between busy schedules and the pressures of deadlines, lives are filled with commuting, citing at desks, watching movies and television, and eating in restaurants. High technologies created a busy lifestyle conducted by sitting down with almost no physical activity. This produced a busier, but more sedentary lifestyle.
Fitness is an important part of everyday life. Even if people satisfy a regular diet they still need to exercise in order to stay healthy and fit. Without physical activities the body becomes out of shape. The body becomes week and the sense of being able to perform basic physical tasks, or engage in any sports without painful effort. Without any physical activities the bodies become more vulnerable to injuries and diseases, and are less able to recuperate from traumas. According to Margo Harris in "Facts and Feelings about Disease prevention and health promotion." Lack of physical exercise not only contributes to risks for heart disease but also increases the risks of colon cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, osteoporosis and arthritis. Regular physical activity also is linked to improve mental health reducing mild anxiety and depression". (p.3)
Good health means not only freedom from disease, but also a state of complete physical, mental and emotional well being. A healthy person deals better with any work related stress, or all other aspects and demands of life....