New research pinpointed an activity that is worst for your health than smoking, diabetes and heart disease. That activity? Inactivity. According to researchers at the Cleveland Clinic, the biggest threat to your health may be a sedentary lifestyle. “Being unfit on a treadmill or in an exercise stress test has a worse prognosis, as far […]
New Study Finds Inactivity a Bigger Killer than Cigarettes
Recent research shows that cutting out physical activity results in higher fatality rates than smoking cigarettes. On a global scale, inactivity leads to roughly 5.3 million deaths each year. By comparison, cigarettes cause about 5 million deaths a year. “Inactivity” is defined as less than 150 minutes of moderate physical activity per week. Eliminating all […]