July 17, 2012— -- Physical inactivity has a negative global impact ... of inactivity is so bad that it should be considered a pandemic. The study is just one in a special series of reports ...

Physical inactivity is now sometimes referred to as a "pandemic" – a word normally used to describe diseases such as the plague, which can wipe out a large proportion of a population.

"The findings of the current investigation indicate a crisis within a crisis with respect to a physical inactivity pandemic in the US. On a national level, physical activity is unacceptably low ...

"The findings of the current investigation indicate a crisis within a crisis with respect to a physical inactivity pandemic in the US," Ross Arena of the Department of Physical Therapy at the ...

But with the pandemic, both physical inactivity and sedentary behavior increased significantly. “Every move counts, especially now as we manage the constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It is possible that the cumulative toll of the pandemic has compounded over ... concluded that “newly established levels of physical inactivity will be difficult to change,” and that ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated shortfalls in children's physical activity around the world, including in Scotland, according to a new study involving the University of Stirling. The report ...

"This finding is consistent with pre-pandemic data showing that unstructured ... often referred to as the 'summer slide' into physical inactivity," the researchers said in their paper.

"We conducted a sensitivity analysis to determine whether activity levels changed after March, 2020, when WHO announced COVID-19 as a pandemic ... to significant physical inactivity, adversely ...

Bengaluru hospitals report a 30% surge in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) cases, particularly among young adults, ...

Girls were less active than boys. The pandemic has made matters worse. Physical inactivity in children and adolescents has become a global public health priority. It is now included in global ...