June 26, 2024 5:17 PM

Wake up Call for South Asia; 45% adults at risk of disease due to physical inactivity:WHO

Nearly 31% of adults worldwide and 45% in South Asia are not doing enough physical activity, posing a growing threat to health across the world, a major study said on Wednesday. The findings point to a worrying trend of physical inactivity among adults, which has increased by about 5 percentage points between 2010 and 2022, according to a study by the World Health Organization and other researchers. If the trend continues, levels of inactivity are projected to further rise to 35% worldwide by 2...