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Interactive body map: physical inactivity and the risks to your health

  • Written by Carol Maher, National Heart Foundation Senior Research Fellow in Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Sleep, University of South Australia
imageThis interactive body map highlights the health risks associated with inactivity.CC BY-NC

Physical inactivity has consistently been shown to be one of the most powerful, modifiable risk factors for all causes of death and disease, alongside smoking and obesity.

This interactive body map brings together scientific evidence on the links between lack...

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