Recent research shows that cutting out physical activity results in higher fatality rates than smoking cigarettes.
On a global scale, inactivity leads to roughly 5.3 million deaths each year. By comparison, cigarettes cause about 5 million deaths a year.
“Inactivity” is defined as less than 150 minutes of moderate physical activity per week.
Eliminating all physical inactivity worldwide is highly unlikely. But a mere 10% reduction in inactivity would prevent 533,000 deaths per year globally.
Dr. Silverman Comments
A famous French Orthopaedic Surgeon Lucas Championniere once said, “Life is motion and motion is life.”
This study is a great example of that notion.
This article does not indirectly promote smoking, but shows that sitting still is just as bad.
So put that remote down, get off the couch and run in place, do some pushups, leg lifts and air squats. Better yet, go outside for a 30 minute walk and start sweating. Get your Vitamin D from the sun at the same time.
The moral of the study is simple: get moving and you will live longer.
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