The World Health Organization stated in its first report that there is no exercise or physical activity, 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes, or other non-infectious diseases, and that the world will spend 27 billion US dollars annually between 2020 and 2030 if governments do not take urgent action to promote more physical activity among their citizens.
The World Health Organization recently released the Global Condition of Physical Activity for the year 2022, which assesses how well governments are implementing recommendations to boost physical activity among people of all ages and abilities.
This study will offer a clear call to action to all nations, urging them to act swiftly and forcefully in order to meet the global target of 15% reduction in the rate of physical inactivity by 2030.
The organization said in a new statement, data from 194 countries show that progress is slow in general and that the countries need to accelerate the development and implementation of policies to increase levels of physical activity, thus preventing diseases and reducing the burden on the already burdened health care systems, explaining that less than 50% of their countries have A national policy of physical activity less than 40% of which works, only 30% of countries have national instructions for physical activity for all age groups,
This study will offer a clear call to action to all nations, urging them to act swiftly and forcefully in order to meet the global target of 15% reduction in the rate of physical inactivity by 2030.
The organisation stated in a new statement that data from 194 countries show that progress is generally slow and that the countries need to accelerate the development and implementation of policies to increase levels of physical activity, thus preventing diseases and reducing the burden on the already overburdened health care systems. The organisation further explained that less than 50% of their countries have A national policy of physical activity, less than 40% of which works, and that only 30% of countries have a national physical activity policy.
The World Health Organization’s director general, Tedros Adhanum Gibrissus, stated, “We hope that countries and partners will use this report to build more active, healthy and fair societies for all,” noting the potential financial burden of inactivity and the expense of treating new cases of non-infectious diseases, which could reach nearly 300 billion US dollars by 2030, or about 27 billion US dollars annually, if it is not prevented.
500 million individuals worldwide have heart disease and obesity as a result of inactivity, according to global health.
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