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Contact: Dr. Ian Janssen
ian.janssen@queensu.ca
Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press)

Don't sit still! Annual health care cost of physical inactivity in Canadian adults

A $7 billion burden

According to Dr. Ian Janssen, Canadian Research Chair in Physical Activity and Obesity, physical inactivity has surpassed epidemic proportions. In a study just published in the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism (APNM), Janssen provides a contemporary estimate of the burden physical inactivity places on our health care system and economy.

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