Although not everyone will experience all of the above symptoms, for some, depression can also co-occur with other serious medical conditions such as diabetes, cancer or heart disease, which are often made worse when depression is present.
The NHS explains that suffering from depression can leave individuals feeling low in energy, but regular exercise can act to boost their mood, especially for those suffering with mild to moderate depression.
It is recommended that the average adult should do between 75 and 150 minutes of exercise a week, which can range from moderate intensity exercise such as walking or hiking, to more vigorous exercise such as running, swimming or aerobics. The Mental Health Foundation adds that any exercise that raises your heart rate, makes you breathe faster, and makes you feel warmer counts towards your exercise.
One study published in the National Library of Medicine by Lynette L Craft and Frank M Perna, where participants took part in interval training – specifically on a machine known as a cycle ergometer, for four times a week, 30 minutes per session for six weeks – found that aerobic training was associated with a clear reduction in depression compared with the control condition, and the improvements in depression were maintained for three months after the study had finished.
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