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PARIS, France — Nearly a third of all adults are not doing enough physical activity , posing a growing threat to health across the world, a major study said on Wednesday.More than 31 percent of adults -- 1.8 billion people -- did not get the recommended amount of physical exercise in 2022, an increase of five percentage points from 2010, according to a study by the World Health Organization and other researchers.
Fiona Bull, head of the WHO's physical activity unit, said the research was "a wake-up call that we're not doing enough".'Every step counts'Inactivity rates varied widely between countries. For example, 66 percent of adults do not get enough physical activity in the United Arab Emirates, while the figure was under three percent in Malawi.There was also a gender gap. Nearly 34 percent of women worldwide do not reach the activity threshold, compared to 29 percent of men.
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