Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health NIH Consensus Consensus Nih Form

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- Physical activity is critically important for heart health, and the bottom line with physical activity is, move more, move harder, sit less. Now the good news is, physical activity is not only good for your heart, it's good for your brain, it's good for the quality of sleep, and it's good for your general overall quality of life. How much you do, critically important. But doing something is more important than doing nothing. So throughout the day, doing things that move your body a little bit harder, whether that's brushing your teeth while you're taking a call, climbing the stairs, getting from the parking lot to wherever you're going and back. Every minute of physical activity counts and improves all those elements of your health. Now to achieve the maximum benefit from physical activity, the American Heart Association and others recommend certain levels and amounts of physical activity. So for full heart health and brain health, the recommendation is 150 minutes of moderate to vig