Increased mortality risk from physical inactivity

People who are insufficiently active have a 20% to 30% increased risk of death compared to people who are sufficiently active.

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World Health Organization. (2024). Physical activity. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/physical-activity. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAMSKSFP62DCDC68JPZ0W

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World Health Organization. "Physical activity." 2024, https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/physical-activity. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAMSKSFP62DCDC68JPZ0W.

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World Health Organization. "Physical activity." 2024. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/physical-activity. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAMSKSFP62DCDC68JPZ0W.

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@misc{who2024increased8jpz0w, author = {{World Health Organization}}, title = {Physical activity}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAMSKSFP62DCDC68JPZ0W}, note = {Original source: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/physical-activity. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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