The words in the form of a warning from Doctor François Carré, cardiologist in the sports medicine department of the Rennes University Hospital are clear: “We are not made to remain sedentary, moving is vital, like breathing!
Lack of activity damages the body.
The French have never moved so little.
The Health Security Agency estimates that “95% of the adult French population is exposed to a risk of deterioration of their health due to lack of physical activity or too long time spent sitting.
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The Covid-19 crisis with its batches of confinements, teleworking and purchases on the Internet has reinforced the phenomenon.
"A high physical capacity leads to fewer illnesses and a longer life, deciphers Doctor Carré, while a lower physical capacity leads to more illness and a reduced life expectancy.
If you walk one hour a day, it is estimated that you gain four years of healthy life expectancy”.
To his patients, François Carré asks a simple question: how many floors are you able to climb at a good pace?
“This test is considered the best marker of life expectancy, explains the doctor, it is someone's health capital”.
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To do this test, all you have to do is run up stairs.
Below two floors, a change of lifestyle and a consultation are essential.
Beyond six floors, health is good.
And above eight floors, the health capital is excellent.