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WHO concerned at global lack of exercise

A quarter of adults around the world are at risk of serious disease through lack of exercise, a study has shown.

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More than a billion adults around the world are at risk of serious disease through lack of exercise, a study has shown.

Investigators found that in 2016 more than a quarter of the global population - 1.4 billion people - were insufficiently active.

As a result, they faced an increased risk of heart and artery disease, Type 2 diabetes, dementia, and some cancers.

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