This encyclopedic article explains how prolonged inactivity affects cardiovascular, muscular, and connective tissue systems ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released the global status report on Physical activity 2022. The global action plan outlines the need to implement physical activity. "Supporting people to be ...

Screening patients for physical inactivity can play an essential role in improving health outcomes Physical inactivity is an important factor in various chronic diseases Physical inactivity screening ...

Little is known about modifiable behaviours that may be associated with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) survival. We conducted a pooled analysis of 12 studies from the Ovarian Cancer Association ...

New data show that nearly one-third (31%) of adults worldwide, approximately 1.8 billion people, did not meet the recommended levels of physical activity in 2022. The findings point to a worrying ...

Almost 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) attributable to physical inactivity, between 2020 and 2030, costing US$ 27 billion ...

SYDNEY, July 29 (UPI) --The first study to quantify the global cost of individuals' physical inactivity puts the tab at $67.5 billion per year. Researchers at Australia's University of Sydney, using ...

A world-first study has revealed that in 2013, physical inactivity cost $67.5 billion globally in health-care expenditure and lost productivity, revealing the enormous economic burden of an ...

Worldwide, 7.2% of deaths from all causes and 7.6% of deaths from CVD were attributable to physical inactivity, according to recent data. Perspective from Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA, MACP ...

The health implications of physical inactivity are truly a global issue with physical inactivity responsible for up to 8% of non-communicable diseases and deaths across the world, finds research ...