Exercise therapy refers to the method of consuming excess fat in obese patients through exercise, thus reducing the amount of fat in the body and achieving the purpose of losing weight. The occurrence and development of obesity is due to the intake of calories exceeding the body's consumption, and exercise therapy is the most fundamental method to increase the body's energy consumption, and it is also a necessary measure to make diet therapy persist and produce obvious results. Therefore, exercise therapy is essential to lose weight. Among the three ways to lose weight: diet, exercise and medicine, exercise is the most learned way to lose weight, and improper methods will not be effective.

It is difficult to cause a negative balance of calories by exercise alone, so it is not easy to lose weight. Exercise must be combined with dieting in order to effectively burn excess fat in the body and achieve the purpose of losing weight.

Proper exercise can effectively improve abnormal blood lipid metabolism and insulin resistance in obese patients. Abnormal lipid metabolism is an important risk factor for atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease in obese patients. Obesity often coexists with diabetes, hypertension and abnormal lipid metabolism, and affects each other. Insulin resistance is the same pathogenesis. Exercise also has the function of strengthening muscles, bones and maintaining the elasticity of blood vessels. Moderate exercise is one of the most important living habits for a person to maintain physical vitality.

It can be seen that exercise can promote the health of obese patients, reduce the occurrence of obesity-related diseases and enhance their physical fitness. Proper exercise can also reduce patients' mental stress and anxiety, eliminate depression, enhance self-confidence, help patients with work, life and study, and thus improve their quality of life. Therefore, proper exercise is an active, effective, healthy and enjoyable method, which is very important for losing weight.