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International Business Times
International Business Times
Sport
Isabelle Cortes

'Wake-up Call': Third Of Adults Not Doing Enough Physical Activity

The researchers told people to not just watch sports this summer -- but to get active themselves (Credit: AFP)

Nearly a third of all adults are not doing enough physical activity, posing a growing threat to health across the world, a major study said on Wednesday.

More than 31 percent of adults -- 1.8 billion people -- did not get the recommended amount of physical exercise in 2022, an increase of five percentage points from 2010, according to a study by the World Health Organization and other researchers.

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