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Heart HealthPhysical Activity – How much physical activity is recommended?

woman smiling while riding a stationary bike in a gym for moderate-intensity aerobic exercise

By now you know being heart healthy and losing weight go hand-in-hand with physical activity. If you want to lose weight and keep it off, you have to be regularly active. If you want to lower triglycerides you have to be active. If you want to raise HDL you have to be active.

The Health and Human Services Department sets physical activity guidelines after reviewing a good decades worth of research related to physical activity and health.

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