Emmanuele Kouvousis: Physical Inactivity as a Leading Global Health Risk
Emmanuele Kouvousis, Non-Invasive Cardiologist, Scientific Director at Affidea, shared a post on LinkedIn about a recent article by Deborah Salvo et al, adding:
“With over 5 million attributed deaths per year, physical inactivity is a major global public health issue.
Although the importance of physical activity is well recognized within the scope of obesity and cardiometabolic disease prevention and control, its broader benefits for the health of individuals and societies are yet to be fully harnessed.”
Title: Physical activity for public health in the 21st century
Authors: Deborah Salvo, Inacio Crochemore-Silva, Andrea Wendt, Jakob Tarp, Eric J. Shiroma, Richard J. Simpson, I-Min Lee, Ulf Ekelund, Ester Cerin, Youssouf Keita, Adrian Bauman, Pedro C. Hallal, Andrea Ramirez Varela, Michael Pratt, Rodrigo Reis, Erica Hinckson, Ding Ding, Harold W. Kohl III, James Sallis
Read the Full Article on Nature Medicine.

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