{"id":3421,"date":"2023-02-21T16:13:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T15:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happybodies.nl\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=3421"},"modified":"2025-07-08T12:44:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T10:44:34","slug":"save-on-health-care-costs-go-exercise","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/happybodies.nl\/en\/blogs\/save-on-health-care-costs-go-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to save on healthcare costs? Start exercising!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"section section-pageheader-new has-image\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/happybodies.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HB-foto-40.jpeg\" alt=\"\">\n                <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"content-holder\">\n                                    <h1>Want to save on healthcare costs? Start exercising!<\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n            <div  class=\"section has-colorscheme-1  section-large-content for-homepage\">\n            <div class=\"container\">\n                <div class=\"content-holder\">\n                    <p><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Healthcare costs are skyrocketing. What truly surprises us as lifestyle experts is that healthcare today only takes action when someone becomes ill or needs care in some other way. We advocate for preventive healthcare. Regular exercise reduces the risk of illness and improves our well-being. Prevention is better than cure, and that really doesn&#039;t take a ton of time.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Live longer and more comfortably<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Regular physical activity reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and various forms of cancer, and helps prevent overweight and obesity. Moreover, exercise promotes a positive feeling and reduces stress. This is not only due to the endorphins released during exercise, but also because exercise helps prevent social isolation and promotes social connections. In short, exercise not only helps us live longer, it also improves our quality of life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">The role of the government<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">With that knowledge, it&#039;s actually quite surprising that the government isn&#039;t focusing much more on prevention. Investing in sports infrastructure and making sports activities more accessible, including for vulnerable groups like the elderly or people with disabilities, will pay for itself in no time. We also think the government should invest much more in sports at school. This includes\u2014or perhaps especially\u2014high school. This encourages them to stay healthy, something they can benefit from for the rest of their lives. Fortunately, the national government has now made agreements with more than seventy organizations to reduce smoking, problematic alcohol use, and obesity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">The role of the individual<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">In short, the government has an important role to play, but as individuals, we also have a role to play. By exercising and moving more, you can actively contribute to improving or maintaining your own health. According to the National Sports Survey, lack of time is always an issue in all age groups up to fifty. For older age groups, time is no longer a barrier; health problems are what prevent them from exercising. Health problems that would likely have been much less prevalent if they had given themselves the time to exercise at a younger age. A typical chicken-and-egg situation, then. With the fully automatic Milon circle, time can no longer be an argument for skipping a trip to the gym. With it, you can train your entire body in six 35-minute workouts every month. The best part is: the Milon circle is suitable for everyone, from young to old, from muscle-bound to newcomer, from busy pilots to 63-year-olds with osteoporosis.<\/span><\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n    <div  class=\"section has-colorscheme-1  section-cta for-cta is-variation-one\">\n        <div\n            class=\"cta-holder show_overlay has-overlay\" style=\"--overlay-color: rgba(10,10,10,0.65)\";>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                        class=\"none default has-image-mobile-default\"\n                        src=\"https:\/\/happybodies.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/unnamed-2-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                            \n                        <div class=\"inner\">\n                                    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Slim &amp; fit in 2 x 35 minutes every 10 days<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Plan a <a href=\"https:\/\/happybodies.nl\/en\/free-trial-training\/\">free trial training<\/a> or do the online <a href=\"https:\/\/happybodies.nl\/en\/membership-test\/\">membership test<\/a> and discover in 1 minute which program suits you. 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