With the development of social economy and the improvement of daily living standards, humans are paying more and more attention to physical and mental health, and exercise has become an important component of a healthy lifestyle. As a new Social phenomenon, healthy life has a great impact on human daily behavior. How to combine physical exercise to form a more perfect healthy lifestyle to promote physical and mental health has become a research hotspot in the world today. This article aims to promote the organic integration of healthy lifestyle and exercise behavior, and deeply explores the importance and role of healthy lifestyle and physical exercise in physical and mental health. It also makes a clearer statement on the boundaries of physical and mental health. This article analyzes and summarizes the characteristics and background information of a healthy lifestyle, and explains why promoting physical and mental health is beneficial for the construction of social civilization. It verifies the effectiveness of a healthy lifestyle that combines sports and exercise in this article. This article shows through experimental results that living a healthy lifestyle that includes appropriate physical exercise can enable individuals to have a higher evaluation index of their physical and mental health status. Compared with individuals who do not deliberately exercise for daily life, the average assessment index has increased by 11.7%. A healthy lifestyle and physical exercise have an extremely important impact on physical and mental health. Guiding society more correctly and widely promoting the correct concept of physical exercise to promote physical and mental health is conducive to promoting the healthy development of social civilization.

Haolun Xu. Healthy Lifestyle and Exercise: How to Promote Physical and Mental Health through Physical Exercise. Frontiers in Sport Research (2023) Vol. 5, Issue 6: 54-60. https://doi.org/10.25236/FSR.2023.050610.

[1] James Faulkner, Wendy J. O Brien, Bronagh McGrane, Daniel Wadsworth, John Batten, Christopher D. Askew, etal.”Physical activity, mental health and well-being of adults during initial COVID-19 containment strategies: A multi-country cross-sectional analysis.” Journal of science and medicine in sport 24. 4 (2021): 320-326. 

[2] M Rodriguez-Ayllon, Cristina Cadenas-S, Fernando E-L, Nicolas E. M, Jose Mora-Gonzalez, Jairo H. Migueles, et al.” Role of physical activity and sedentary behavior in the mental health of preschoolers, children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.” Sports medicine 49. 9 (2019): 1383-1410. 

[3] Sammi R Chekroud BA, Prof Ralitza Gueorguieva PhD, Amanda B Zheutlin PhD, Prof Martin Paulus MD, Prof Harlan M Krumholz MD SM, Prof John H Krystal MD, et al.”Association between physical exercise and mental health in 1· 2 million individuals in the USA between 2011 and 2015: a cross-sectional study.” The lancet psychiatry 5. 9 (2018): 739-746. 

[4] Nikos Ntoumanis, Johan Y. Y. Ng, Andrew Prestwich, Eleanor Quested, Jennie E. Hancox, Cecilie Thogersen-Ntoumani, et al.” A meta-analysis of self-determination theory-informed intervention studies in the health domain: Effects on motivation, health behavior, physical, and psychological health.” Health psychology review 15. 2 (2021): 214-244. 

[5] Prof Russell M Viner PhD, Aswathikutty Gireesh MSc, Neza Stiglic MSc, Lee D Hudson PhD, Anne-Lise Goddings PhD, Joseph L Ward MBBS, et al.”Roles of cyberbullying, sleep, and physical activity in mediating the effects of social media use on mental health and wellbeing among young people in England: a secondary analysis of longitudinal data.” The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health 3. 10 (2019): 685-696. 

[6] Sandro Galea, Raina M. Merchant, Nicole Lurie.”The mental health consequences of COVID-19 and physical distancing: the need for prevention and early intervention.” JAMA internal medicine 180. 6 (2020): 817-818. 

[7] Achraf Ammar, Khaled Trabelsi, Michael Brach, Hamdi Chtourou, Omar Boukhris, Liwa Masmoudi, et al.” Effects of home confinement on mental health and lifestyle behaviours during the COVID-19 outbreak: Insight from the ECLB-COVID19 multicenter study.” Biology of sport 38. 1 (2021): 9-21. 

[8] Ipsit V. Vahia, Dilip V. Jeste, Charles F. Reynolds III.”Older adults and the mental health effects of COVID-19.” Jama 324. 22 (2020): 2253-2254. 

[9] Rebecca Martland, Valeria Mondelli, Fiona Gaughran, Brendon Stubbs, et al.”Can high-intensity interval training improve physical and mental health outcomes? A meta-review of 33 systematic reviews across the lifespan.” Journal of Sports Sciences 38. 4 (2020): 430-469. 

[10] Andreas S.”Sports psychiatry: mental health and mental disorders in athletes and exercise treatment of mental disorders.” European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience 269. 5 (2019): 485-498. 

[11] Scott Graupensperger, Alex J. Benson, Jason R. Kilmer, M. Blair Evans. ”Social (un) distancing: Teammate interactions, athletic identity, and mental health of student-athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Journal of Adolescent Health 67. 5 (2020): 662-670. 

[12] Helen L. Ferguson, Christian Swann, Sarah K. Liddle, Stewart A. Vella.”Investigating youth sports Coaches’ perceptions of their role in adolescent mental health.” Journal of Applied Sport Psychology 31. 2 (2019): 235-252. 

[13] L Bailey, M Ward, A DiCosimo, S Baunta, C Cunningham, R Romero-Ortuno, et al.”Physical and mental health of older people while cocooning during the COVID-19 pandemic.” QJM: An International Journal of Medicine 114. 9 (2021): 648-653. 

[14] Kimberley J. Smith, Christina Victor.” Typologies of loneliness, living alone and social isolation, and their associations with physical and mental health.” Ageing & Society 39. 8 (2019): 1709-1730. 

[15] Allyson Brothers, Anna E Kornadt, Abigail Nehrkorn-Bailey, Hans-Werner Wahl, Manfred Diehl.” The effects of age stereotypes on physical and mental health are mediated by self-perceptions of aging.” The Journals of Gerontology: Series B 76. 5 (2021): 845-857. 

[16] Jonathan Glazzard, Szreter Ben. ”Developing students’ mental health literacy through the power of sport.” Support for Learning 35. 2 (2020): 222-251. 

[17] Daniel K. Hosker, Daniel K. Hosker, Mona P. Potter.”Promoting mental health and wellness in youth through physical activity, nutrition, and sleep.” Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics 28. 2 (2019): 171-193. 

[18] Sara B. Oswalt, Alyssa M. Lederer, Kimberly Chestnut-Steich, Carol Day, Ashlee Halbritter, Dugeidy Ortiz. ”Trends in college students’ mental health diagnoses and utilization of services, 2009–2015.” Journal of American college health 68. 1 (2020): 41-51. 

[19] Paul Kelly, Chloë Williamson, Ailsa G Niven, Ruth Hunter, Nanette Mutrie, Justin Richards.”Walking on sunshine: scoping review of the evidence for walking and mental health.” British journal of sports medicine 52. 12 (2018): 800-806. 

[20] Brad Donohue, Yulia Gavrilova, Marina Galante, Elena Gavrilova, Travis Loughran, Jesse Scott, et al. ”Controlled evaluation of an optimization approach to mental health and sport performance.” Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology 12. 2 (2018): 234-267.