Why is inactivity so dangerous to your health and well-being?


Inactivity is a threat to your health and well-being because it:
• Doubles the risk of diabetes and obesity.
• Increases the risk of colon cancer, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, depression, and
anxiety.
• Ranks as high as elevated cholesterol, high blood pressure, or cigarette smoking as a risk factor for heart disease.
• Doubles the likelihood of heart failure.
• Leads to Sedentary Death Syndrome, which claims some 250,000 lives, accounting for 10 percent of all deaths in the United States every year.

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