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Peter1469
08-05-2015, 07:16 AM
A new study suggests that physical inactivity to kill as many as smoking (http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2015/08/04/lack-of-exercise-kills/)

This has been considered likely for a long time. A new study suggests physical inactivity kills.


“Regular exercise can not only keep older hearts healthy but strengthen joints, lift mood and help in the fight against more chronic long term conditions such as strokes and cancer,” it said, according to The Daily Mail.


Physical activity can prevent or treat physical and mental illnesses, including cancer, heart disease, strokes, dementia, depression and type two diabetes, according to the study.


The study noted that a lack of exercise kills as many people as smoking.


More than one-third of U.S. adults are obese, according to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html).

Tricia
08-05-2015, 07:27 AM
I can't understand why so many americans are inactive. Even something as small as walking 40 minutes a day can bring so many benefits.

Crepitus
08-05-2015, 09:07 AM
Um, there are actually people out there who didn't know this already?

Tricia
08-05-2015, 09:12 AM
Um, there are actually people out there who didn't know this already?

You'd be surprised...

The Xl
08-05-2015, 09:28 AM
This should be obvious at this point. Sadly, it seems it isn't.

PolWatch
08-05-2015, 09:34 AM
I exercise....I just got up to get an ice cream from the freezer.....that counts....doesn't it?

del
08-05-2015, 09:36 AM
I exercise....I just got up to get an ice cream from the freezer.....that counts....doesn't it?

hand me the remote on your way by, would you?

PolWatch
08-05-2015, 09:41 AM
hand me the remote on your way by, would you?

want a samwich while I'm up?

Private Pickle
08-05-2015, 09:52 AM
That's great. Post something like that on an Internet forum where you know everyone in here reading it is sitting on their asses. We dead.

gamewell45
08-05-2015, 09:53 AM
A new study suggests that physical inactivity to kill as many as smoking (http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2015/08/04/lack-of-exercise-kills/)

This has been considered likely for a long time. A new study suggests physical inactivity kills.

Agreed. Even walking a mile per day can have such a positive difference in your health.

PolWatch
08-05-2015, 10:02 AM
I keep a computer on the back porch....its further to the fridge! :grin:

waltky
09-09-2018, 12:25 AM
Granny says Uncle Ferd's g/f is fat `cause she's so inactive...
:shocked:
Inactivity Puts Quarter of Adults' Health at Risk, WHO Says
September 04, 2018 - More than a quarter of the world's adults — 1.4 billion people — exercise too little, putting them at higher risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, dementia and cancers, according to a World Health Organization-led study.



In 2016, around one in three women and one in four men worldwide were not reaching the recommended levels of physical activity to stay healthy — at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise a week. There has been no improvement in global levels of physical activity since 2001, according to the study, which was conducted by WHO researchers and published Tuesday in The Lancet Global Health. The highest rates of lack of exercise in 2016 were in adults in Kuwait, American Samoa, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, where more than half of all adults were not active enough to protect their health.



https://gdb.voanews.com/D7ECD03C-CED4-404B-B295-DE7C3F06A239_cx0_cy10_cw0_w1023_r1_s.jpg
People gather for physical exercise in Nantes, France



By comparison, around 40 percent of adults in the United States, 36 percent in Britain and 14 percent in China did too little exercise to stay healthy. "Unlike other major global health risks, levels of insufficient physical activity are not falling worldwide, on average, and over a quarter of all adults are not reaching the recommended levels of physical activity for good health," said Regina Guthold of the WHO, who co-led the research.


Noncommunicable diseases


The WHO says insufficient physical activity is one of the leading risk factors for premature death worldwide. It raises the risk of noncommunicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes. By becoming more active, it says, people can easily achieve benefits such as improve muscular and cardiorespiratory fitness, better bone health, weight control and reduced risk of hypertension, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, depression and various types of cancer.


The study found that levels of low physical activity were more than twice as great in high-income countries compared with poorer nations, and had increased by 5.0 percent in richer countries from 2001 to 2016. In wealthier countries, the researchers said, a transition toward more sedentary jobs as well as sedentary forms of recreation and transport could explain higher levels of inactivity. In less well-off countries, people tend to be more active at work and for transport, they said. They urged governments to take note of these changes and put in place infrastructures that promote walking and cycling for transport and active sports and recreation.


https://www.voanews.com/a/inactivity-puts-quarter-of-adults-health-at-risk-who-says/4557786.html