Exercise is Powerful Medicine

1. Exercise prevents high blood pressure. *

True False

2. Fitness protects against high cholesterol. *

True True

3. Fitness protects against obesity. *

True False

4. Fitness prevents type 2 diabetes, and if you already have type 2 diabetes, exercise protects against the medical complications. *

True False

5. Exercise prevents heart attacks. *

True False

6. Fitness protects against stroke. *

True False

7. Exercise prevents colon cancer. *

True False

8.Fitness protects against all cancers. *

True False

9. Exercise prevents osteoporosis. *

True False

10. Exercise protects against mental illness. *

True False

11. Reduces age-related dementia. *

True False

12. Exercise reduces symptoms of anxiety. *

True False

13. Exercise reduces feelings of distress and fatigue. *

True False

14. Exercise effectively treats depression. *

True False

15. Fitness is the best predictor of health and longevity. *

True False

16. Exercise is the most important factor for preventing disease and improving health, fitness, and longevity. *

True False

17. High fit men with high cholesterol havea lower risk of dying than low fit men with normal cholesterol. *

True False

18. There is no statistical difference in mortality rates between highly fit normal weight and highly fit obese individuals. *

True False

19. Diabetics can cut their risk of dying by 50% by just walking 30 minutes per day. *

True False

20. People with heart disease shouldNOT exercise, because exercise causes heart attacks. *

True False

21. People who are moderately fit have a 63% lower risk of dying from a stroke than people who are low fit. *

True False

22. Exercise eliminates the risk of getting cancer from smoking tobacco. *

True False

23. Only older post-menopausal women need to exercise in order to prevent osteoporosis. *

True False

24. Regular exercise is effective in enhancing one's sense of well-being. *

True False

25. In addition to treating depression as effectively as medication, regular exercise provided the benefits of improved mental capabilities in concentration, organization, and planning. *

True False

26. A person's level of fitness is a better predictor of their longevity than is their blood pressure, choleserol, diabetes, and heart disease COMBINED. *

True False

27. Most of the benefits of exercise are not realized unless one exercises vigorously for at least 1 hour/day. *

True False

28. More exercise equals less disease and mental illness, which means exercise is dose-dependent. *

True False

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Exercise is Powerful Medicine

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