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WHO highlights high costs of physical inactivity in first global report

WHO highlights high costs of physical inactivity in first global report

 


Nearly 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) attributable to physical inactivity between 2020 and 2030, costing 27 billion dollars a year, unless governments take urgent action to encourage greater physical activity among their populations.

The Global Report on the State of Physical Activity 2022published today by the World Health Organization, measures the extent to which governments are implementing recommendations to increase physical activity across all ages and abilities.

Data from 194 countries show that overall progress is slow and that countries need to accelerate the development and implementation of policies to increase physical activity levels to prevent disease and reduce the burden on already overburdened health care systems.

  • Less than 50% of countries have a national physical activity policy, of which less than 40% are operational
  • Only 30% of countries have national guidelines for physical activity for all age groups
  • While almost all countries report a system for monitoring physical activity among adults, 75% of countries monitor physical activity among adolescents, and less than 30% monitor physical activity among children under 5 years of age.
  • In policy areas that could encourage active and sustainable transport, just over 40% of countries have road design standards that make walking and cycling safer.

“We need more countries to increase the implementation of policies to support people to be more active through walking, cycling, sports and other physical activities. The benefits are enormous, not only for the physical and mental health of individuals, but also for societies, the environment and the economy. ..” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, “We hope that countries and partners will use this report to build more active, healthier and fairer societies for all.”

The economic burden of physical inactivity is significant, and the costs of treating new cases of preventable non-communicable diseases (NCDs) will reach nearly US$300 billion by 2030, about US$27 billion per year.

While national policies to combat NCDs and physical inactivity have increased in recent years, it is currently reported that 28% of policies are neither funded nor implemented. Considered a “best buy” to motivate the population to fight NCDs, the report found that just over 50% of countries had implemented a national communication campaign or organized mass participation physical activity events in the past two years. The COVID-19 pandemic has not only halted these initiatives, but has also affected the implementation of other policies that have increased inequality in access to and opportunities for physical activity for many communities.

To help countries increase physical activity, the WHO Global Action Plan on Physical Activity 2018-2030. (GAPPA) sets out 20 policy recommendations – including policies to create safer roads to encourage more active transport, provide more programs and opportunities for physical activity in key settings, such as childcare, schools, primary health care and the workplace. Today’s Global Status Report assesses the country’s progress against those recommendations and shows that much more needs to be done. One critical finding in the Global Status of Physical Activity report is that there are significant gaps in global data to track progress on important policy activities – such as providing public open space, providing walking and cycling infrastructure, and providing sport and physical education in schools. The report also calls for addressing weaknesses in some existing data.

“We lack globally agreed indicators to measure access to parks, bike paths, footpaths – although we know that data exists in some countries. As a result, we cannot report or monitor the global supply of infrastructure that will facilitate increased physical activity,” said Fiona Bull, Head of the WHO’s Department of Physical Activity. “It can be a vicious cycle, with no indicators and no data leading to monitoring and accountability , and then too often, to no policy and no investment. What gets measured, gets done, and we need to go some way to comprehensively and robustly track national action on physical activity.”

The report calls on countries to prioritize physical activity as key to improving health and combating NCDs, integrate physical activity into all relevant policies and develop tools, guidelines and training to improve implementation.

“It is good for public health and makes economic sense to promote more physical activity for everyone,” said Dr Ruediger Krech, Director of the Department of Health Promotion, WHO. “We need to make inclusive physical activity programs easier for everyone and make it easier for people to access them. This report makes a clear call to all countries for stronger and accelerated action by all relevant stakeholders to better cooperate in order to achieve the global goal of reducing the prevalence of physical inactivity by 15% by 2030.”

Data for the report was drawn from Research on the capacity of WHO countries for non-communicable diseases (2019 and 2022) and World Health Organization Global Report on the State of Road Safety (2018).

The cost of inaction on physical inactivity for health systems manuscript on Reprint with Lancet (peer-reviewed version forthcoming in The Lancet Global Health)

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