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Roughly one in four adults worldwide do not meet global activity level standards, increasing their risk for diseases, including cancer, according to a study published in&nbsp;The Lancet Global Health.&nbsp;Specifically, in the United States, approximately 40% of adults were insufficiently active in 2016.&nbsp;Sufficient activity&nbsp;levels&nbsp;are defined as&nbsp;at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity&nbsp;or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity physical activity per week or a combination of these two components.&nbsp;The researchers&nbsp;analyzed 358 population-based surveys&nbsp;administered in&nbsp;168 countries, representing&nbsp;1.9 million participants.&nbsp;&nbsp;<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
Analysis of 358 surveys across 168 countries <a href="https://twitter.com/LancetGH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LancetGH</a> suggests that the 2025 global physical activity target (a 10% relative reduction in insufficient physical activity) will not be met. <a href="https://t.co/uyE9qwGhZu">https://t.co/uyE9qwGhZu</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OpenAccess?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OpenAccess</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PhysicalActivity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PhysicalActivity</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MoveMore?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MoveMore</a>
&mdash; Ruth Carlyle PhD (@RuthCarlyle) <a href="https://twitter.com/RuthCarlyle/status/1037245089389654016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2018</a>
</blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>The global age-standardized prevalence of insufficient physical activity was 27.5%&nbsp;in 2016, and global&nbsp;levels of physical activity showed no improvement from 2001 to 2016.&nbsp;In 2016, activity levels differed between men and women by more than 8 percentage points:&nbsp;23.4%&nbsp;in men versus 31.7%&nbsp;in women.&nbsp;Between 2001 and 2016, the researchers observed&nbsp;an increase of insufficient activity in high-income countries from 32%&nbsp;to 37%. In low-income countries, activity levels remained similar at 16% and&nbsp;16.2%, respectively.&nbsp;&nbsp;<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
A global assessment of physical activity in 1.9 million people in 168 countries shows minimal improvement since 2000 and well short of target <a href="https://t.co/JXvhGWUhOy">https://t.co/JXvhGWUhOy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TheLancet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheLancet</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/LancetGH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LancetGH</a> by <a href="https://twitter.com/WHO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WHO</a> Regina Guthold <a href="https://twitter.com/fiona_bull?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@fiona_bull</a> and colleagues <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OA</a> <a href="https://t.co/Bgon0Tvecp">pic.twitter.com/Bgon0Tvecp</a>
&mdash; Eric Topol (@EricTopol) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1037110507285696512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2018</a>
</blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>The highest&nbsp;levels in 2016&nbsp;were&nbsp;observed&nbsp;in women in Latin America and the Caribbean (43.7%), south Asia (43.0%), and high-income Western countries (42.3%). The&nbsp;lowest levels were in men from Oceania (12.3%),&nbsp;east and southeast Asia (17.6%), and sub-Saharan Africa (17.9%).&nbsp;&nbsp;If activity level&nbsp;trends do not improve, a 2025 global physical activity goal (a 10% relative reduction in insufficient physical activity)&nbsp;will&nbsp;not be met, according to the researchers.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://proddocwire.wpengine.com/hematology-oncology/new-guidelines-recommends-exercise-as-standard-care-for-cancer/">New guidelines recommend exercise as standard of care for cancer.</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://proddocwire.wpengine.com/hematology-oncology/exercise-reduced-mortality/">A study links exercise with reduced mortality in childhood cancer survivors.</a>&nbsp;Source:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(18)30357-7/fulltext">The Lancet Global Health&nbsp;</a>

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