Nearly 500 million individuals will get heart disease, obesity, diabetes, or other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) between 2020 and 2030, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
The international health organization also stated that if
governments don't act quickly to promote greater physical activity among their citizens, the development will cost $ 27 billion yearly.The World Health Organization's Global Status Report on Physical Activity 2022, which was released on Wednesday, examines the degree to which governments are putting recommendations to enhance physical activity across all ages and abilities into practice.
"Data from 194 countries reveal that overall progress is slow and that governments need to speed policy creation and implementation to enhance levels of physical activity and, in doing so, prevent disease and lessen stress on already overburdened health care systems," it added. Only slightly more than 40% of nations have laws requiring safer road designs for bicycling and walking.
"More nations need to step up the implementation of policies that encourage people to engage in walking, cycling, sports, and other forms of physical exercise. The advantages are enormous, not just for people's physical and mental health, but also for societies, environments, and economies, according to Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
We hope that governments and partners will use this report to create more equitable, healthy, and active societies for all, he continued.
The research went on to say that: "The cost of treating new cases of preventable non-communicable diseases (NCDs) will be substantial given the economic burden of physical inactivity.
by 2030, to be close to US$ 300 billion, or about US$ 27 billion yearly. Although there have been more national plans in recent years to combat NCDs and physical inactivity, it is now stated that 28% of these programs are not financed or being carried out.
Considered a "best buy" for encouraging people to fight NCDs, the survey revealed that only slightly more than 50% of countries had organized mass participation physical activity events or national communications campaigns in the previous two years. In addition to delaying these programs, the COVID-19 epidemic also hampered the implementation of other policies, widening disparities in access to and opportunities for,For many communities, physical activity is important. The WHO's Global action plan on physical activity 2018–2030 (GAPPA) outlines 20 policy recommendations to assist nations in increasing physical activity, including measures to make roads safer to promote more active transportation and offer more opportunities and programs for physical activity in crucial settings like childcare, schools, primary health care, and the workplace. The Global Status report released today evaluates nation development in light of those suggestions and demonstrates how much more work needs to be done.
The existence of substantial gaps in global data to track progress on crucial policy activities, such as the supply of public open space, provision of walking and cycling infrastructure, is one crucial conclusion in the Global Status Report on Physical Activity.
offering physical education and sport in schools. The paper also recommends addressing flaws in some of the available data.
"Despite the fact that we are aware that data on access to parks, bicycle lanes, and footpaths exist in some countries, there are no globally accepted indicators to quantify these things. As a result, we are unable to track or report on the global infrastructure that will enable improvements in physical activity, according to Fiona Bull, head of the WHO Physical Activity Unit. "It can be a vicious cycle; the absence of an indicator and data results in a lack of accountability and tracking, which all too frequently leads to a lack of investment and policy. We still have a ways to go before we can fully and effectively track national initiatives on physical activity, but what gets assessed gets done.
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