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Time to get off the couch, WHO warns, as 500 million risk developing chronic illness

Time to get off the couch, WHO warns, as 500 million risk developing chronic illness

Oct 21, 2022, at 06:58 pm

New York: Almost 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) attributable to physical inactivity, between 2020 and 2030, if governments worldwide don’t take urgent action to promote the benefits of exercise, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday.