Sports prevents close to 4 million deaths a year – Wel.nl

Sport saves millions of lives every year. Globally, 3.9 million fewer people die due to physical activity. This is evidenced by a study by the universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh, which are located in The scalpel Figured out.

Researchers compared health data from 168 countries with the number of people adhering to the World Health Organization (WHO) practice guidelines. According to the World Health Organization, you should get 150 minutes of moderate intensity (brisk walking) or 75 minutes of intense activity (running and cycling) each week. The percentage of the population that meets this criterion varies widely from country to country. A third of Kuwait’s population gets enough exercise, and in the United Kingdom this figure is 64 percent, and in Mozambique it’s 94 percent.

Worldwide, the number of premature deaths has decreased by 15 percent because people are exercising enough. This equates to 3.9 million lives saved annually. Although numbers differ from country to country, the positive contribution of physical activity to public health has in fact been very consistent.

Usually, the focus is on the number of people who die prematurely from lack of exercise. The researchers wanted to put it in a positive way by starting with the number of lives the sport saves. “It shows how well we do and shows the health benefits of exercising. It also motivates us to increase our level of exercise even more all over the world,” says Dr. Tessa Strain from the University of Cambridge.