Surprising effects of exercise on mental health are shown by a year-long research

Studies have provided some insightful information on the various ways exercise is good for the brain, from preventing depression to fending off dementia to improving memory. A recent study took a long-term approach to this subject, analyzing Fitbit data spanning a full year to assess the effects of various forms of physical exercise, and the study produced some intriguing findings.

Researchers at Dartmouth College conducted the study with the goal of examining the subtleties of how exercise affects mental health and brain function. They used data from 113 Fitbit users over the course of a 12-month period in order to build on previous research in this field that had looked at the effects of exercise over periods of days or weeks.

The outcomes shown how intricate the link between physical activity and brain health is. It wasn’t quite as straightforward as the researchers had anticipated to uncover a broad beneficial trend between increased physical exercise and memory and mental health. Specific memory tasks were improved by low-intensity exercise, whereas others were improved especially by high-intensity exercise.

The findings illustrated how intricately linked exercise and brain health are. It wasn’t quite as straightforward as the researchers had anticipated to uncover a broad beneficial trend between increased physical exercise and memory and mental health. Specific memory tasks were improved by low-intensity exercise, whereas others were improved especially by high-intensity exercise.

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