Over 500 million people at risk of heart ailment, obesity, diabetes due to lack of exercise – WHO

The World Health Organisation WHO, has predicted that between 2020 and 2030, approximately 500 million peoples globally might either develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes, or other non-communicable diseases linked to physical inactivity.

The scary statitics was gleaned from WHO’s Global Status Report on Physical Activity 2022 which assesses how well governments are putting suggestions to boost physical activity across board for people of all ages and abilities.

It put the cost implication at $27million annually, if governments at various levels fail to take immediate steps to encourage more physical activity among their citizens.

The UN agency also hinted that data from 194 nations demonstrate that, overall, progress is modest and that, in order to boost levels of physical activity, prevent disease, and lessen the load on already overburdened health care systems, countries must speed up policy creation and implementation