Objectives Physical inactivity is a risk factor for premature mortality and several non-communicable diseases. The purpose of this study was to estimate the global burden associated with physical ...

Objective To examine the association of leisure-time physical activity with mortality from influenza and pneumonia ... concluded that physical inactivity is an independent risk factor for severe COVID ...

The study is the latest showing that it doesn’t matter how exercise gets done in a week, as long as it gets done.

The AHA's Better Health for Mothers and Babies Initiative is committed to reducing disparities in maternal health outcomes.

For men, smoking and physical inactivity behaviors combined explained more than half (56%) of the observed inequalities in heart disease mortality. Other key factors were alcohol intake and BMI.