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Physical Activity In Low-Income Countries

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Throughout the whole world 23 percent of adults are not getting the required physical activity in. According to World Health Organization: “In high-income countries, 26% of men and 35% of women were insufficiently physically active, as compared to 12% of men and 24% of women in low-income countries” (“Physical Activity” par 12). This does not surprise many people because in high-income countries we seem to take the “easy” way out with everything. We mostly drive for transportation, we have many desk jobs, and we are tempted with many fast food restaurants. People in low-income countries are not as privileged and they have to walk to almost all the places they want to travel to. They have to work harder all around and it includes more physical
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