{"id":121106,"date":"2020-11-26T23:03:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T20:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sitting-for-turkey-who-reminds-all-to-get-more-active\/"},"modified":"2020-11-26T23:03:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T20:03:10","slug":"sitting-for-turkey-who-reminds-all-to-get-more-active","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sitting-for-turkey-who-reminds-all-to-get-more-active\/","title":{"rendered":"#Sitting for turkey? WHO reminds all to get more active"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Sitting for turkey? WHO reminds all to get more active<\/strong>”
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\n GENEVA \u2014 As the coronavirus leaves many people housebound and many Americans sit to feast for Thanksgiving, the World Health Organization says people need to get more active, insisting that up to 5 million deaths worldwide could be avoided each year if people would run, walk and simply move more.<\/p>\n

The U.N. health agency, launching updated guidelines on physical activity<\/a> and its first advice on sedentary behavior, is pointing to figures that one in four adults \u2014 and four in five adolescents \u2014 don\u2019t get enough physical activity, a situation that\u2019s complicated by the COVID-19 crisis that has shut up many people indoors.<\/p>\n

It recommends at least 2 1\/2 hours of \u201cmoderate to vigorous aerobic activity\u201d for adults per week, and an hour per day for kids and teens. A lack of physical activity leads to extra health care costs of $54 billion per year, plus another $14 billion in lost productivity, WHO said.<\/p>\n

The findings come as the Geneva-based agency released an update on \u201cWHO Guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behavior\u201d \u2014 building upon, revising and expanding recommendations in the previous guidelines published a decade ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhysical activity of any type and any duration can improve health and well-being, but more is always better,\u201d said Dr. Ruediger Krech, WHO\u2019s director of health promotion. \u201cIf you must spend a lot of time sitting still, whether at work or school, you should do more physical activity to counter the harmful effects of sedentary behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe old adage \u2014 prevention is better than cure \u2014 really app<\/a>lies here,\u201d Krech said. \u201cWHO urges everyone to continue to stay active through the COVID-19 pandemic. If we do not remain active, we run the risk of creating another pandemic of ill-health as a result of sedentary behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Fiona Bull, who heads the physical activity unit at WHO, said the guidelines offer advice on \u201csedentary behavior\u201d for the first time.<\/p>\n

She added that experts previously believed physical activity should be done in blocks of at least 10 minutes. But the increasing use of fitness-monitoring devices has generated new science<\/a> showing that it\u2019s really most important to get 150 minutes at least per week.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, that 10-minute minimum is not so important and every move counts,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s the total amount we all achieve: Reaching 150 (minutes) and extending.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bull said only 78 countries, based on WHO\u2019s most recent survey, have national guidelines on physical activity. She encouraged nations to leverage the new guidelines \u201cas the basis for fast-tracking their policy development.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regular physical activity is important to help prevent heart disease, diabetes and cancer while also reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety, and \u201cboosting brain health,\u201d WHO said. People aged over 65 should focus on balance, coordination and muscle strength to help prevent falls, it said.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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