Aerobic physical activity

ObesityAerobic physical activity is any physical activity or exercise that uses the large muscle groups of the body that increases the heart rate and breathing for long periods of time as opposed to anaerobic exercises.

What types of exercises are considered aerobic, also called endurance type, exercise?

Examples of aerobic exercises include the following:

  • Bicycling
  • brisk walking
  • unning, and
  • swimming.

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Anabolic

ObesityAnabolic means anything that helps build the body or pro-body building, or pro weight gain. This is the opposite of catabolic. For example, steroid hormones increase body weight and hence considered anabolic. Likewise, insulin is another anabolic hormone with people with insulin resistance gain weight.