Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Jul 2011
Multicenter StudyWorldwide prevalence of physical inactivity and its association with human development index in 76 countries.
To describe the worldwide prevalence of physical inactivity and to analyze its association with development level of each country. ⋯ One out of five adults around the world is physically inactive. Physical inactivity was more prevalent among wealthier and urban countries, and among women and elderly individuals.