The game of football allows not only to maintain a good physical shape, but can also be used to treat lifestyle-related illnesses, Danish experts say..

Scientists have studied more than 50 studies from seven countries on the impact of football on the health of the human body. Under the guidance of Professor Petr Krustrup from the Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences of the University of Copenhagen, a 3-year project studied the impact on health of football, running, and the consequences of lack of physical activity.

The age of people who took part in the research was 9 to 77 years. As a result, it turned out that the effect of playing football was definitely better than running. And the benefit was not only for the stronger sex, but for women.

It was also interesting to study the level of socialization of players in football, and first of all, for women football players. Despite the fact that both players and runners train in groups, there are significant differences in the way they interact. If the runners are more busy themselves, then the players are more developed team thinking, which positively affects their lives as a whole. It's much easier for football players to find a common language with people around them, experts said..

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