Start moving to create happier, healthier and safer communities

摘要

The Department of Health in England puts the cost of physical inactivity on the UK economy at over ￡8.2bn (Stalker, 2013). Encouraging a healthier and fitter nation brings huge benefits. Low cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), the direct impact of being inactive, accounts for 17% of all-cause deaths in the UK, significantly higher than smoking and obesity (Macmillan Cancer Support, 2013). Globally, physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of early deaths, according to a study by the World Health Organization (WHO, 2011).