Only 23% of American adults get enough exercise, CDC reports

This state had the highest percentage of adults meeting the guidelines, with 32.5% doing so, according to the report. The District of Columbia and 13 other states also far exceeded it. Thirteen states, including Mississippi, with only 13.5%, were significantly lower than the national average.

"Many of the states with the highest percentages of meeting the standards for physical activity during leisure time were what is called cold. "Weather states" like Colorado, New Hampshire, Mbadachusetts, "said Clarke." And generally, we might think that the hottest states would have more people out of the race or bike, because that's what it's all about. This is what we see on TV all the time. "

Many states that have failed in the Southeast, such as Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.

if the overall goal has been achieved in advance, the report should be a source of inspiration for moving forward, says Clarke. Is it really good that only 23% of our population spends enough aerobic activity and bodybuilding, or should we do better? "Clarke said.

When the authors measured the results of the men met the lines say This includes 40.5% active men in the District of Columbia, compared to 17.5% in South Dakota. Meanwhile, on average, 20.9% of women met the guidelines nationwide, ranging from 10.5% in Mississippi to 33.6% in Colorado.

Professional and managerial occupations were more likely to meet federal physical activity guidelines than those in production and allied occupations

"If you perform physically demanding work in Eight to twelve hours a day, The last thing you want to do at the end of your workday is to go to the gym to work, "explained Clarke.

The report authors noted that adults who are physically active at work and who exercise during their leisure time are more likely to be in better health than their counterparts who do not.

"You can have a physically active job, but certainly, if you are an entrepreneur, aspects of being a firefighter or a firefighter, such jobs have physical aspects to them in a way that sitting in a job are not, "said Daniel Corcos, a professor of physiotherapy and human movement science at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, who was not involved in the report.

"But there are practically no jobs that require the heart to be continually elevated to over 100 beats per minute and also strengthen the muscles as they do in physical activity. of recreation including aerobic activity and resistance. "

It is imperative that people find ways to exercise and take charge of their health if they want to avoid the many diseases badociated with a lack of physical activity, such as hypertension and diabetes, Corcos said.

"It's clear that seven out of ten adults in Colorado do not exercise, so even at best, it's something that people find difficult and they need help" Corcos said. "They need facilities or coaches or a health care program at work or a way to help them train because the evidence is convincing. that exercise is probably the simplest and best medicine. "