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Global physical activity levels - Need for intervention.

Department of Physical Therapy and Integrated Physiology Laboratory, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: ozemek@uic.edu. Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School -the University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA. Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

Progress in cardiovascular diseases. 2019;(2):102-107
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Abstract

Substantial evidence shows that physical inactivity (PI) and sedentary behavior (SB) increases the risk of many chronic diseases and shortens life expectancy. We describe evidence that certain domains of physical activity (PA) in the United States (US) population have declined substantially over 5 decades. The prevalence of PI is very high worldwide, which has contributed to 6%-10% of the burden of many chronic diseases and premature mortality. Reduction or elimination of PI would likely produce substantial increases in life expectancy of the world's population. Great efforts are needed to reduce PI and SB and increase levels of PA in the US and worldwide.

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