Exercise Obesitas

The important Role of Exercise in battling obesity

A simple definition of obesity is having too much weight for your height. Obesity is a major cause for life changing diseases like diabetes, heart disease and cancer but also a major cause for chronic pain. Optimal management of obesity should be focused on behavioral modification - changing mindset, daily diet, and physical exercise /activity. The role of physical exercise/ activity is not to lose weight, but to improve your cardiorespiratory fitness level. Your heart and lungs are more able to supply oxygen to the muscles of your body.

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Besides improving your quality of life a good cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) level helps with (among others):

  • Prevent life changing illnesses like heart disease, cancer, diabetes and stroke.
  • Improves your body composition, so you burn more calories resting.
  • Is linked to better brain structure and cognition.
  • Improves hormonal disbalance.
  • Improves sleep quality.
  • Increases the feeling of well-being.
  • Diminishes chronic pain.

All of which will help you too

  • be more active during the day
  • having more energy to do your daily tasks
  • having a better mindset to plan your day
  • more energy to plan your meals and make better life style choices.

All of which will help you to reduce your weight and to maintain your weight at a lower level which will improve your overall health and overall quality of life.

Rafana works with a qualified multidisciplinary team dedicated to guide the patients in this life changing moment with exercise, education and behavioral changes with the ultimate goal to empower the patients to provide self-care to facilitate the management of their obesity.

Remember you are the only one who has control over your overall health and quality of life.