Table 18.

Recommended exercise levels for health promotion and maintenance

Exercise characteristics	Health benefits	Comments
• < 150 min/week of mild to moderate intensity	some	some exercise is certainly better than a sedentary lifestyle
• 150-300 min/week of moderate intensity	substantial	longer-duration and/or more intense exercise provides more benefits
• > 300 min/week of moderate to high intensity	additional	Current scientific data specifyan upper limit neither for benefits nor for damages to an additional apparently healthy individual