Developing healthcare systems to support exercise: exercise as the fifth vital sign.

摘要

The importance of physical activity to health and wellness has been established incontrovertibly. There is a linear relationship between physical activity and health-those who maintain an active and fit way of life live longer, healthier lives. Those who are unfit and sedentary very predictably develop chronic diseases prematurely and die at a younger age. This association between activity level and health status exists in various major subgroups of the population. It doesn't matter whether you study men or women, various ethnic groups, diverse nations, children or the aged, the results are always the same: people who are active and fit live longer, healthier lives. This is no longer news.