| Exercise is the performance of movements in order | | | | thyroid hormones can be negatively affected by |
| to develop or maintain physical fitness and overall | | | | repeated bouts of dieting and calorie restriction. |
| health. It is often directed toward also honing athletic | | | | Proper rest and recovery is also as important to |
| ability or skill. Frequent and regular physical exercise is | | | | health asexercise, otherwise the body exists in a |
| an important component in the prevention of some | | | | permanently injured state and will not improve or |
| of the diseases of affluence such as cancer, heart | | | | adapt adequately to the exercise. |
| disease, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, | | | | The above two factors can be compromised by |
| obesity and back pain. | | | | psychological compulsions (eating disorders such as |
| Exercises are generally grouped into three types | | | | exercise bulimia, anorexia, and other bulimias), |
| depending on the overall effect they have on the | | | | misinformation, a lack of organization, or a lack of |
| human body:Physical exercise is considered important | | | | motivation. These all lead to a decreased state of |
| for maintaining physical fitness including healthy | | | | health. |
| weight; building and maintaining healthy bones, | | | | Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness can occur after any |
| muscles, and joints; promoting physiological well-being; | | | | exercise, particularly if the body is in an unconditioned |
| reducing surgical risks; and strengthening the immune | | | | state relative to that exercise and the exercise |
| system. | | | | involves repetitive eccentric contractionexercise, |
| Proper nutrition is just as, if not more, important to | | | | otherwise the body exists in a permanently injured |
| health as exercise. When exercising it becomes even | | | | state and will not improve or adapt adequately to the |
| more important to have good diet to ensure the | | | | exercise. |
| body has the correct ratio of macronutrients whilst | | | | The above two factors can be compromised by |
| providing ample micronutrients; this is to aid the body | | | | psychological compulsions (eating disorders such as |
| with the recovery process following strenuous | | | | exercise bulimia, anorexia, and other bulimias), |
| exercise. When the body falls short of proper | | | | misinformation, a lack of organization, or a lack of |
| nutrition, it gets into starvation mode developed | | | | motivation. These all lead to a decreased state of |
| through evolution and depends onto fat content for | | | | health. |
| survival. Research suggest that the production of | | | | |