Physical inactivity increases the risk for diabetes, other chronic diseases, and premature death and should be screened for and managed, new research suggested. “There is nearly irrefutable evidence ...

A recent study by researchers from World Health Organization (WHO), together with academic colleagues and published in The Lancet Global Health journal, found that nearly one third (31 percent) of the ...

According to recently released data from the World Health Organization (WHO), close to one-third of adults across the world are not physically active enough, putting them at higher risk for ...

Physical inactivity could generate around 500 million new cases of preventable non-communicable diseases globally between 2020 and 2030, with treatment costs amounting to 27 billion euros per year ...

A new global study finds that physical inactivity is a major, preventable driver of serious diabetes complications worldwide. Analyzing data from more than 2.3 million adults with diabetes, ...