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Physical activity and regularly practiced moderation is highly recommended from a medical standpoint because it can help improve many diseases. Several studies among adolescents agree that from the standpoint of psycho-physical activity helps control emotional states like depression, stress, anxiety …

According to Martinsen is a close relationship between physical exercise and depression because the more exercise less depression. This phenomenon can be explained from two viewpoints:

- Medical: It helps to improve health problems and

- Psychological: exercise requires concentration, which prevents thoughts cause negative reactions.

Physical exercise increases self-esteem, as they get a positive body image. It is conceivable that the positive effect of physical activity is simply a placebo effect, as inferred in Deshornais study in which 48 boys underwent a physical activity program. He told half of them that the program was aimed at improving their psychological well and nothing was said to the other half. In the end it was found that self-esteem had improved in the study group, and not the other.

Physical exercise also has its risks as dependence on physical activity. Morgan proposed the following warning signs:

- Emphasis on physical exercise as an obligation.

- Experimenting with symptoms of “dostinencia” as irritability, anxiety and depression when it prevents the exercise.

- Maintenance of exercise despite the medical prohibition.

Morris conducted an experiment with 40 riders to observe the usual withdrawal symptoms. The experiment consisted of riders split into two groups. The first physical activity interrupted for two weeks. At the end of the second week of suppression of physical activity, the components of the group “inactive” depressive symptoms had a significantly higher than the runner group. The “inactive” during those two weeks of inactivity, had more somatic complaints, more anxiety, insomnia and more feeling more stress than their “assets”. Morris Hence deduce that the interruption of regular physical exercise produces a real “withdrawal”.

Physical exercise practiced for reasons of weight, muscle tone, obsessively personal appeal, is directly related to eating disorders and body image dissatisfaction. This means that stopping abruptly physical activity occurs weight restoration.

In contrast, a regular practice of moderate physical exercise to keep fit and lose weight not obsessively is very beneficial both mentally and physically