A report made by the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that a sedentary lifestyle causes more than 10,000 premature deaths a year throughout Europe.
The study, carried out by the World Health Organization (WHO), together with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) details that there is a physical activity deficiency in the countries of the European Union, something that causes more than 10,000 premature deaths a year.
As the United Nations body discovers in its work, more than a third of residents of the European Union would not reach the levels recommended by the WHO, 150 minutes a week of moderate and intense physical activity, a figure that would reduce the risks of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). ) improving mental health and well-being. reported the Europa Press news agency.
Increased physical activity would prevent 11.5 million new NCD cases by 2050, including 3.8 million cardiovascular diseases3.5 million cases of depressionalmost 1 million cases of diabetes type 2 and more than 400,000 cases of different types of cancer.
Increased physical activity would prevent 11.5 million new NCD cases by 2050
According to the study, only 40% of people exercise regularly, with particular differences between countries and genders.
For example, two thirds of adults in Finland do sports, the figure reaches one in five in other countries. In the same way, the 73% of men between the ages of 15 and 24 exercise at least once a weekin front of 58% of women of the same age range.
The post also mentions that the Covid-19 pandemic has had a negative impact in the levels of sports activity in European countries, since more than half of those surveyed state that they have reduced their physical movement: 34 percent do sport less frequently, while 18 percent have ruled it out completely.
The WHO and OECD report also proposes several measures to reverse this situation. “Many countries have already taken promising steps in this direction but there are still very good opportunities to learn from the successes of others, schemes to promote active travel to school or work are only present in 14-17 of the 27 states that are members of the EU, respectively,” added the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in another binding statement.
