Insufficient Level of Physical Activity and Its Effect on Health Costs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Frontiers in Public Health

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Wei Liu¹  Abbas Dostdar-Rozbahani³  Fahime Tadayon-Zadeh⁴  Mohsen Akbarpour-Beni⁵  Mohammad Pourkiani⁶  Fatemeh Sadat-Razavi⁵  Vahid Barfi⁵  Valiollah Shahedi³ 

[1] Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences in Colleges and Universities in Anhui Province–Quality Education Research Center for College Students of Anhui Xinhua University;Department of Physical Education, Anhui Vocational and Technical College of Sports;Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Parand Branch, Islamic Azad University;Department of Exercise Physiology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University;Department of Sports Sciences, University of Qom;Department of Sport Management, Shahid Beheshti University

关键词: cost;    diseases;    health;    income;    physical activity;    WHO;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2022.937196

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Evidence suggests that mortality attributed to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) will increase from 38 million in 2012 to 52 million by 2030. The recent epidemiological data show that these diseases are increasing in low- and middle-income countries so that about 80% of all deaths of NCDs occurred in low- and middle-income countries. It has been estimated that an insufficient level of physical activity leads to a large share of the burden of these diseases. Evidence suggests that the rate of insufficient levels of physical activity in low- and middle-income countries has increased over the past 15 years. The authorities and policymakers must be advocated with consistent evidence from low- and middle-income countries on productivity loss and increased healthcare costs due to the absence or insufficient levels of physical activity. It is also necessary to include physical activity across all policies to prevent possible escalation of the economic burden related to physical inactivity in the near future.

【 授权许可】

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