Available evidence supports the notion that physical activity can confer protection against the emergence of depression regardless of age and geographical region.
In previously sedentary healthy adults, a lifestyle physical activity intervention is as effective as a structured exercise program in improving physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and blood pressure.
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