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The multiple benefits of physical activity at work

2022-05-01T20:42:14.669Z


TRIBUNE – Professor Xavier Bigard, member of the National Academy of Medicine, believes that the workplace can be a privileged place to practice sport.


Physical inactivity and a sedentary lifestyle, which are constantly increasing in our countries, are known to affect health, well-being, aging well and life expectancy.

But the recommendations for the practice of sport and physical activity are sometimes confronted with difficulties linked, among other things, to the lack of time and the absence of dedicated facilities nearby.

In this context, the workplace can be a privileged place to organize programs of this type.

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This is why the National Academy of Medicine has taken the initiative to publish recommendations on this subject.

The objective thus pursued is twofold: to prevent the occurrence of chronic diseases and improve the quality of life of individuals in the medium and long term, but also to reduce the risks of work-related pathologies.

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