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Simply put, exercise and regular physical activity are considered a primary strategy for preventing, delaying, or combating numerous diseases. Interestingly, the importance of exercise for improving health was recognized by Hippocrates, the famous ancient Greek physician who wrote the following in the fifth century BC: “All parts of the body . . . if used in moderation and exercised in labors to which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy and well developed and age slowly; but if they are unused and left idle, they become liable to disease, defective in growth, and age quickly.” This ancient wisdom was validated in 2012, when the journal Comprehensive Physiology published one of the most comprehensive scientific reviews on the benefits of exercise yet. This paper confirmed that regular physical activity and exercise are a primary prevention for thirty-five chronic diseases and health conditions. Some of the major health conditions that regular physical activity may combat include the following: coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes (including prediabetes and gestational diabetes), obesity, metabolic syndrome (a group of risk factors including high blood pressure, high blood sugar, unhealthy high triglyceride levels, and abdominal fat), peripheral artery disease, hypertension, stroke, congestive heart failure, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, bone fracture (and falls), rheumatoid arthritis, colon cancer, breast cancer, endometrial (uterus) cancer, accelerated aging, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, constipation, gallbladder diseases, deep vein thrombosis, cognitive dysfunction, and depression. Yes, exercise can battle all of these diseases. In a 2016 article in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the authors declare that exercise is just good medicine. I totally agree. And yet, despite these wondrous health benefits, most people do not exercise. As a result, American society continues to face major health challenges. Let me continue this story.