Problem
Sedentary city lifestyles
Other Names:
Unhealthy lack of daily physical activity Lack of exercise in urban environments
Nature:
In agricultural societies, people are daily physically active in many different ways; but in urban societies, most middle-class adult men and women are physically underactive. Since there is ample evidence that physical health depends on daily physical activity, this indicates an imbalance in town and city life-styles.
Incidence:
A comparison of the death rates between groups that have been able to have daily physical activity with those that have not shows, for example, that in the age group 60 to 64, one percent of the men in the heavy exercise category died during the follow-up year, whereas in the non-exercise group five times as many died.
Broader Problems:
Unhealthy citiesUnhealthy human environmentInappropriate personal habitsInactivity Narrower Problems:
Sedentary childrenLack of play time for school childrenProlonged sitting Aggravates:
ObesityHaemorrhoidsPhysical unfitnessCardiovascular disordersEnergy inefficient lifestyles Strategies:
Providing sufficient daily physical activity in urban environmentsProviding sufficient daily physical activity in urban environments Subject(s):
Amenities → TownsAmenities → Urban
Environment → Environment
Experiential Activity → Experiential activity
Health Care → Exercise, rest
Health Care → Health
Recreation → Recreation
Recreation → Sport
Societal Problems → Scarcity
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
11.08.2020 – 18:37 CEST