KINE 3645 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Health Equity, Health Promotion, Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion
26 Oct 2016
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What the health am i getting myself into, moving ahead: the economic impact of reducing physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour. Background: adults should get 150 minutes of physical activity per week, but only 15% do. People also spend 10 hours being sedentary: need to be more active and limit sedentary time. Research methods: looked at leisure time physical activity, walking for errands and commutes, and person"s usual activity during the day. Findings: getting 10% of the population more active, incidence for chronic conditions would decrease, gdp would increase by a cumulative . 5 billion by 2040. Also . 6 billion decrease in health care spending on chronic conditions. Conclusion: reduce risk of chronic conditions and improve work productivity and concentration, economy gets larger and more productive pool of labour, which increases gdp. Implications will be greater if more people achieve the physical activity guidelines: ottawa charter for health promotion.
