Everyone at home or in a gym working out right now has some type of motivation driving them. Are you looking for Motivation? Try this:
Health Facts About Adults:
• 3 out of every 5 Americans are overweight, and 50 million are obese.
• There are three times as many overweight adolescents in the U.S. as there were 30 years ago.
• Physical inactivity contributes to 400,000 preventable deaths in the U.S. each year, second only to tobacco-related deaths.
• Less than 1/3 of Americans engage in the recommended amounts of exercise.
• In 2000, the economic costs associated with obesity were $117 billion.
• 40% of adults in the United States do not participate in any leisure time activity.
• On the average, people who are physically active outlive those who are inactive.
For the purpose of this article let me just repeat two that seem particularly motivating:
• Physical inactivity contributes to 400,000 preventable deaths in the U.S. each year, second only to tobacco-related deaths.
• On the average, people who are physically active outlive those who are inactive.
This seems motivational, wouldn’t you agree? How about the quality of life that exercising pays back to you!
If you are working out regularly, good for you. If you are not, you need to link to this earlier article to get started. Movement burns energy, it is fundamental and the foundation of fitness, so just keep moving.
Sources:
- Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity
- Physical Activity & Health Report Of The Surgeon General
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Physical Activity Fundamental to Preventing Disease, June 20, 2002
- Outdoor Industry Association, State of the Industry Report, 2002
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