Dieters who exercise lose less lean body mass or muscles and regular exercise helps to maintain weight loss. To successfully manage your weight, healthy eating and a physically active lifestyle must become everyday habits. Yes, being overweight is a risk factor of heart disease and other chronic illnesses, but, all fat people are not at risk. In a study of 25,000 men, researchers found that approximately 10 percent of normal weight participants were unfit. The researchers concluded that low fitness was a strong predictor of other risk factors including high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes.
Exercise promotes fitness and movement improves the quality of life in many ways.