New report warns 500 million people will develop #heartdisease, #obesity, #diabetes and other diseases if they don't increase their physical activity.
We don’t talk about #exercise enough, but we should. It matters too.
By @PamelaFalk
cbsnews.com/news/world-hea…
We don’t talk about #exercise enough, but we should. It matters too.
By @PamelaFalk
cbsnews.com/news/world-hea…
2) . The Global Status Report on Physical Activity 2022 warned that if the 194 countries surveyed do not take urgent action, the cost of illnesses will total U.S. $27 billion a year between 2020 and 2030.
3) work done by the Health Finance Institute @HealthFinInst has "continuously shown that each dollar invested in chronic disease risk factor prevention such as reduction of physical inactivity yields returns up to seven times of the dollar invested."
4) “We know that PA can make us feel better mentally and can decrease the risk of a number of medical problems," @DrLaPook says. "We need to change our mindset from addressing health problems after they've developed to preventing them from happening in the first place.
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