Physical Inactivity - the Human Health's Greatest Enemy

Rado Pišot, Rado Pišot

Abstract

For decades, research has been highlighting the positive impact of physical activity on health. Despite the immense efforts made by many professional and scientific organizations to raise individual and societal awareness about the role of a sufficient quantity and intensity of physical activity in everyday life and to increase the level of adherence, the situation is still very worrying. Even more worrying is the fact that increasingly prolonged periods of physical inactivity are insidiously and aggressively taking over modern people's lives - at school, at work, at home, even at leisure. It is probably incomprehensible and difficult for many to accept, but physical inactivity is becoming the first and worst enemy of health in today's society.

Keywords: contemporary society; health; physical inactivity; sedentary behaviour.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest The author declares no conflicts of interest.

© 2022 National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia, published by Sciendo.

Figures

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Correlation between amount and intensity of exercise and health hazard.
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Schematic representation of physical inactivity and MVPA effecting our health.

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