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Sitting for turkey? WHO reminds all to get more active
Read full article: Sitting for turkey? WHO reminds all to get more activeA lack of physical activity leads to extra health care costs of $54 billion per year, plus another $14 billion in lost productivity, WHO said. The findings come as the Geneva-based agency released an update on “WHO Guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behavior” — building upon, revising and expanding recommendations in the previous guidelines published a decade ago. "Physical activity of any type and any duration can improve health and well-being, but more is always better,” said Dr. Ruediger Krech, WHO’s director of health promotion. She added that experts previously believed physical activity should be done in blocks of at least 10 minutes. "It's the total amount we all achieve: Reaching 150 (minutes) and extending.”Bull said only 78 countries, based on WHO's most recent survey, have national guidelines on physical activity.