According to the most recent WHO data, half of Indians do not engage in physical activity, with women engaging in less activity than men.
According to a concerning trend, 31% of adults worldwide are physically inactive, but in India, this percentage jumps to 49.4%, followed by 45.7% in Pakistan. In contrast, Nepal’s 8.2 percent and Bhutan’s 9.9 percent have much lower inactivity rates. According to recent WHO data released in the medical journal The Lancet Global Health, India’s prevalence of inadequate physical activity has skyrocketed from 22.3% in 2000 to 49.4% in 2022, another concerning trend.
This indicates that because they engage in less physical activity, Indians are more likely to be physically unfit and have a higher risk of developing heart attacks, strokes, type 2 diabetes, dementia, cancer, and hypertension, among other non-communicable diseases.
According to the study, not engaging in at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous aerobic activity or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity activity per week, or an equivalent combination, constitutes insufficient physical activity.
The data showed that South Asia (45%) and the high-income Asia Pacific region (48%) had the highest rates of physical inactivity. Conversely, inactivity rates in the other areas ranged from 14% in Oceania to 28% in wealthy Western nations.
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